Thanksgiving Day
By Pastor David
On October 3, 1863, expressing gratitude for a pivotal Union Army victory at Gettysburg, President Abraham Lincoln announces that the nation will celebrate an official… More Thanksgiving holiday on November 26, 1863; 157 years ago to the day. The famous Gettysburg address was delivered on November 19, 1863, one week before that first “official” Thanksgiving day.
The Gettysburg address was not long. Here are a few lines of that speech:
“The brave men, living and dead, who struggled here, have consecrated it, far above our poor power to add or detract. The world will little note, nor long remember what we say here, but it can never forget what they did here. It is… More
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