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

 

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Yep. Will be going to a student’s home tomorrow for Thanksgiving dinner.

I was told to “bring my Bass”

That would be an instrument, not a fish. LOL

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I needed some old-fashioned, avuncular, retro Americana to raise my spirits.

Or maybe some spirits to raise my spirits.

Whatever.

[luvie]

Very nice! :)

[luvie]

Well, I can handle the first one! :)

I guess you’re own on for the spirits. LOL!

[Kathy in Alaska]

Good evening, Luv, and Happy Thanksgiving...((HUGS))

Biscuits on the morning menu? Going out?

I tried to get my Mom to go out, but she would rather be home.

[Kathy in Alaska]

In first....Publius!!

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My “spirits” never go beyond the grape.

Small time! LOL!

[Kathy in Alaska]

In second....Nana Hope!!

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The old man would play a tune on the violin in one key, and he expected Charlie to sing along with it one half-tone higher.

As a music teacher, performing artist, and composer, I HAVE to say that THAT is seriously weird.

[Kathy in Alaska]

In third....Hawaii!!

[luvie]

Happy Thanksgiving to you and your parents, too, Kathy!

I will be making biscuits in the morning and then we’ll go
out for dinner. It’ll be good!

...and a nap of course! :)

[Kathy in Alaska]

Good Evening before Thanksgiving, Meg...((HUGS))

Dining with friends and family?

[TMSuchman]

We are invisible. The silent minority. The chosen few, handpicked not by our peers but by ourselves. We stand in harm’s way of our own volition, motivated by the desire to right the wrongs, defend the defenseless, to hold the line against disorder and chaos. We have no need for compensation, our rewards will not come in this life. When our final moment is upon us, as the last warm breath escapes our lungs, we will know that we were just. As we lay, our eyes staring to the heavens our comfort will be in our honor. Our end is not an end, never final, never permanent. We will remain to guide those that follow. We will speak to them in unheard voices. We are immortal. Our spirit lives on through our deeds because we know that words without action mean nothing. We are sheepdogs, now and forever.

[luvie]

Classy spirits! :)

[Kathy in Alaska]

Good evening, Mayor, and Happy Thanksgiving. ((HUGS))

Have a safe trip and wonderful dinner with the in-laws.

Thanks for today’s sustenance for body and soul.

[Kathy in Alaska]

I see “jamming” in your future. Enjoy!

Did you have good students today?

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Classy is Good. :-)

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Yes indeed.

One of the ‘prodigies” has moved to Monday, so it is not quite the same line-up.

[DollyCali]

Very warmest wishes to all canteeners for a blessed thanksgiving. Much love from my winter home this year in OKC. With my brother n wife

[MEG33]

(((HUGS)))...lovely thread and graphic, Kathy.
Yes!I am at my daughter’s, niece is here, son and family coming tomorrow.
Daughter making pies now and I just finished a fruit salad.
I am a pampered guest..letting the younger ones do the heavy duty..
;o)
Blessings to you and yours.