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

 

[ASouthernGrl]

AMEN!!! God bless & keep you all safe!! Thank you for your service brave men & women!

[Diver Dave]

We’ll be having another Great Family Gathering with lots of food. Made two pies today.

Happy Thanksgiving to one and all at The Canteen.

[Kathy in Alaska]

GOD BLESS AND PROTECT OUR TROOPS AND OUR BELOVED NATION!



The Star Spangled Banner – Verse Four
(Click)

Oh! thus be it ever, when freemen shall stand
Between their loved home and the war's desolation!
Blest with victory and peace, may the heav'n rescued land
Praise the Power that hath made and preserved us a nation.
Then conquer we must, when our cause it is just,
And this be our motto: "In God is our trust."
And the star-spangled banner in triumph shall wave
O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave!

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Genuflectimus non ad principem sed ad Principem Pacis!

Listen, O isles, unto me; and hearken, ye people, from far; The LORD hath called me from the womb; from the bowels of my mother hath he made mention of my name. (Isaiah 49:1 KJV)

[SandRat]

Good evening, Kathy...((HUGS))...

Happy Thanksgiving! 5 adults and both grandchildren at the table.

[Liberty Valance]

Snoopy -vs- The Red Baron

[Kathy in Alaska]

Good evening, Connie, and thanks for the Tribute to Our Troops.

Hope your sinuseseses have returned to normal and are no longer giving your fits. ((HUGS))

[Kathy in Alaska]

Happy Thanksgiving, Regulator.

Having turkey with family and/or friends? Going out?

Enjoy!

[Kathy in Alaska]

Welcome to the Canteen, ASouthernGrl....thanks for helping thank and honor our troops.

Happy Thanksgiving to you and yours. Turkey for you?

[MS.BEHAVIN]

[MS.BEHAVIN]

Good evening Professor!
(Returning gentle hug and chaste smooch.)
It’s been a tough week, but I am hanging in there.
Tomorrow, I will listen to the classical music that you chose.
Thank you for that!
;0)

[RegulatorCountry]

Driving up to the country to my mom’s tomorrow. About an hour, not too far. Should be nice, weather’s been pretty, no busy roads just two lane back roads through hilly countryside to the foot of the mountains.

I’ve got another Yardbirds YouTube, this one is the studio version of “For Your Love” set to what looks like a period video. The video itself is sort of silly but I can’t look away, those are some trippy white people all decked out in “Mad Men” attire, lol.

The Yardbirds - “For Your Love”

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KobKmnz31lI

[Kathy in Alaska]

And both grands....lots of love and fun at the SR house for Thanksgiving. Have a wonderful day!!

[Kathy in Alaska]

Very nice listening music, Publius...thanks!

[Cindy]

A blessed Thanksgiving to you Kathy, to all our troops and troop supporters, our canteeners and lurkers.

May God bless you all.

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A Thanksgiving Celebration
http://www.truthusa.com/ThanksGIVING.html

[Kathy in Alaska]

I love Snoopy and The Red Baron.....fun song.

[Kathy in Alaska]

Good morning, Cindy, and Happy Thanksgiving!
Do you have snow for turkey day? Cooking a turkey or ???

Thanks for the link. God Bless you good.

[MoochPooch]

Remarkably my neighborhood, which was inland, was unaffected. We were, in fact, kind of an oasis. Other than some fallen trees (and my loss of internet for a few hours) there was little damage — and no loss of power. If I live to be 120 I will never again take things like gas, water, or heat for granted. So many people lost their homes, if not their lives.

During the storm, though, it was terrifying to hear the windows rattle. I was unable to go to work in Manhattan for a week, since the area of my workplace was without power (though no damage to buildings). Here again, I was lucky that my company paid for my “accidental vacation”; so many people lost their livelihoods. (During my exile in Brooklyn I even managed to catch up on some freelance.)

I had a girl staying with me for a few days, since her parents’ home was without power. I also gave money to the various Jewish communities that suffered extensive loss or damage. I really wish I could do more. If I didn’t already have people living with me I would have taken in a family.

This Thanksgiving I am counting all my blessings.

[Kathy in Alaska]

Have a wonderful day, Connie. *hugs*

[Kathy in Alaska]

WOW, Mooch...so glad to hear that you were relatively unaffected. Very nice that you were able to take someone in and provide a safe haven.

[Kathy in Alaska]