Today, we pause to give thanks to God for the many blessings He has bestowed on our families and on our nation. We also reflect on the sacrifices of the generations before us to give us this great nation, especially all the members of the military, yesterday and today. May we always remember and be thankful, and may God continue to bless America.

“Now, therefore, I do recommend and assign Thursday, the 26th day of November next, to be devoted by the people of these States to the service of that great and glorious Being who is the beneficent author of all the good that was, that is, or that will be; that we may then all unite in rendering unto Him our sincere and humble thanks for His kind care and protection of the people of this country…” – George Washington’s Thanksgiving Proclamation, 1789