The White House, Office of the Press Secretary, For Immediate Release, November 26, 2014 Presidential Proclamation — Thanksgiving Day, 2014 BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA: A PROCLAMATION Thanksgiving Day invites us to reflect on the blessings we enjoy and the freedoms we cherish. As we gather with family and friends to take part in this […]
Archives for November 2014
This land is your land…sung on Pete Seeger’s 90th birthday
Preamble and first ten amendments of the U.S. Constitution
The Bill Of Rights Ratified December 15, 1791 The Preamble to The Bill of Rights Congress of the United States begun and held at the City of New-York, on Wednesday the fourth of March, one thousand seven hundred and eighty nine. THE Conventions of a number of the States, having at the time of their […]
President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s 1933 Thanksgiving Proclamation
President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s 1933 proclamation declaring Thanksgiving a national holiday. By the President of the United States of America A ProclamationI, Franklin D. Roosevelt, President of the United States of America, do set aside and appoint Thursday, the thirtieth day of November, 1933, to be a Day of Thanksgiving for all our people. May […]
President Abraham Lincoln’s proclamation creating Thanksgiving as a national holdiay
Thanksgiving Proclamation by Abraham Lincoln Washington, D.C. October 3, 1863 By the President of the United States of America. A Proclamation. The year that is drawing towards its close, has been filled with the blessings of fruitful fields and healthful skies. To these bounties, which are so constantly enjoyed that we are prone to forget […]
On Thanksgiving: Watch the 1946 version of The Razor’s Edge, the most influential movie in my life
One problem, of course, is if I were Tyrone Power and Gene Tierney was trying to seduce me so I do not go off to India to find the meaning of life, would I have the spiritual courage to say NO?
Thanksgiving song “because the dump is closed on Thanksgiving”
Note: This posting will contain a review of Arlo Gutherie’s concert last night at the State College, PA Theater. Also, plans to sing, as directed, a verse on Thanksgiving Day.