FReeper Canteen ~ Happy Thanksgiving 2012!! ~ 22 November 2012

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[Kathy in Alaska]

 

~ Happy Thanksgiving 2012 ~

GOD BLESS AND WATCH OVER THEM, WHEREVER THEY SERVE.

 

 

 

Abraham Lincoln's Thanksgiving Proclamation

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 the source from which they come, others have been added, which are of so extraordinary a nature, that they cannot fail to penetrate and soften even the heart which is habitually insensible to the ever watchful providence of Almighty God. In the midst of a civil war of unequaled magnitude and severity, which has sometimes seemed to foreign States to invite and to provoke their aggression, peace has been preserved with all nations, order has been maintained, the laws have been respected and obeyed, and harmony has prevailed everywhere except in the theatre of military conflict; while that theatre has been greatly contracted by the advancing armies and navies of the Union. Needful diversions of wealth and of strength from the fields of peaceful industry to the national defence, have not arrested the plough, the shuttle or the ship; the axe has enlarged the borders of our settlements, and the mines, as well of iron and coal as of the precious metals, have yielded even more abundantly than heretofore. Population has steadily increased, notwithstanding the waste that has been made in the camp, the siege and the battle-field; and the country, rejoicing in the consiousness of augmented strength and vigor, is permitted to expect continuance of years with large increase of freedom.

No human counsel hath devised nor hath any mortal hand worked out these great things. They are the gracious gifts of the Most High God, who, while dealing with us in anger for our sins, hath nevertheless remembered mercy. It has seemed to me fit and proper that they should be solemnly, reverently and gratefully acknowledged as with one heart and one voice by the whole American People.

I do therefore invite my fellow citizens in every part of the United States, and also those who are at sea and those who are sojourning in foreign lands, to set apart and observe the last Thursday of November next, as a day of Thanksgiving and Praise to our beneficent Father who dwelleth in the Heavens. And I recommend to them that while offering up the ascriptions justly due to Him for such singular deliverances and blessings, they do also, with humble penitence for our national perverseness and disobedience, commend to His tender care all those who have become widows, orphans, mourners or sufferers in the lamentable civil strife in which we are unavoidably engaged, and fervently implore the interposition of the Almighty Hand to heal the wounds of the nation and to restore it as soon as may be consistent with the Divine purposes to the full enjoyment of peace, harmony, tranquillity and Union.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the Seal of the United States to be affixed.

Done at the City of Washington, this Third day of October, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty-three, and of the Independence of the Unites States the Eighty-eighth.

By the President: Abraham Lincoln

 

[ConorMacNessa]

Happy Thanksgiving! We just put the bird in the oven at noon.

[MS.BEHAVIN]

*whew*
Y’know,
This Thanksgiving dinner preparation is beginning to seem an awful lot like work!

[left that other site]

I agree with you about “Atlas Shrugged”.

And I DO appreciate a little bit of dissonance in music. I love Prokofiev and Stravinsky, and even Beethoven stretched the borders of harmony, much to the dismay of the musical “establishment”. But, in my very humble opinion, I find too much of that dissonance, for its own sake, annoying.

The three composers that I mentioned used discord discerningly and with intelligence, in order to provide contrast to some of the most exquisite melodies ever to grace the ears of humanity.

[Publius]

In the words of Maynard G. Krebs: “WORK?!”

[oldteen]

Enjoy your day with the family!

[Publius]

Beethoven: Great Fugue, Op. 133

[oldteen]

LOL...that it is!

Have an enjoyable day!

[left that other site]

That shows Beethoven’s miraculous range! He also wrote the 6th Symphony.

I like both.

[Publius]

It’s fun to put on a recording of the Great Fugue for people who think they know classical music, and then ask them to name the composer. The first guess is always Stravinsky. I love the expression on their faces when you say “Beethoven”.

[left that other site]

I hear you!

:-)

[MS.BEHAVIN]

*clanging dinner bell*
C’mon Gang!

Turkey and stuffing
Gravy
Mashed potatoes
squash with cinnamon butter and honey
turnips
rolls
Mr B’s home made cranberry sauce

Dessert
Sweet potato pie flavored with Amaretto
whipped topping

Coffee or tea
Scotch
Brandy
Vodka

Y’all ready?

[oldteen]

Wow MS.B...you really know how to enjoy the day!

If it weren't so far I'd take you up on the invite! OR, you could come here! :)

[Publius]

Hm-m-m-m-m-m-m! I’s be ready.

[Cindy]

No snow, but a storm is coming.

Snow next week.

THANK YOU for this thread Kathy.

Of course, turkey is good and it’s slow-cooking away.

[blackie]

Thanks Kathy!

{{HUGS}}

[luvie]

*groan*

Sounds scrumptious...but I’m stuffed from the meal I had at Furrs!

Hopecyou guys are having a wonderful day! (((Hugs)))

[Kathy in Alaska]

[Kathy in Alaska]

A Blessed Thanksgiving to you and yours, Race.

[Kathy in Alaska]

Thank you, and a Blessed Thanksgiving to you and yours, onedoug.

Blessings for our troops.

[Kathy in Alaska]

Thanks, Texas Eagle, and a Happy Thanksgiving to you and yours.