FReeper Canteen ~ Happy Thanksgiving 2023! ~ 23 November 2023

Serving The Best Troops and Veterans In The World !! | The Canteen Crew

[Kathy in Alaska]

1 Make a joyful noise unto the Lord, all ye lands.
2 Serve the Lord with gladness:
come before his presence with singing!
3 Know ye that the Lord he is God:
it is he that hath made us, and not we ourselves;
we are his people, and the sheep of his pasture.
4 Enter into his gates with thanksgiving,
and into his courts with praise:
be thankful unto him, and bless his name.
5 For the Lord is good; his mercy is everlasting;
and his truth endureth to all generations.

~ Psalm 100 (KJV)

~ The FReeper Canteen Presents ~

~ Happy Thanksgiving 2023!! ~

GOD BLESS AND WATCH OVER THEM, WHEREVER THEY SERVE

Canteen Mission Statement

Showing support and boosting the morale of
our military and our allies' military
and family members of the above.
Honoring those who have served before.

Abraham Lincoln's Thanksgiving Proclamation

Washington, D.C.
October 3, 1863

By the President of the United States of America.

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

Please remember that The Canteen is here to support
and entertain our troops and veterans and their families,
and is family friendly.

[Fiji Hill]

Turkey Trot--The Winner Ragtime Band (1912)

Let's Turkey Trot--Little Eva (1963)

[Kathy in Alaska]

Happy Thanksgiving, ML and Tippy...((HUGS))

[Fiji Hill]

Wir Treten zum Beten (we're coming to pray; aka We Gather Together)--The Basilica Choir (1928)

German-language version of the famous Dutch Eighty-Years War hymn

[Kathy in Alaska]

Happy Thanksgiving, radu....dining with friends?

[Fiji Hill]

Hallelujah--The Revelers

[Kathy in Alaska]

ROTFLOL!!! That is hilarious.

Fantastic idea, and they really pulled it off.

[P.O.E.]

Holy God, We Praise Thy Name

[Kathy in Alaska]

Hello Veterans, wherever you are!!

[Kathy in Alaska]

Good evening, CodeToad, and a Happy Thanksgiving to you and yours as well.

[radu]

Howdy, Kathy.

I’m ROTFL at your graphic. Hilarious!

Yes, I was invited to spend Thanksgiving with friends, which will be nice. There’s a bowlful of hard boiled eggs in the fridge getting nice and cold, ready to be made into deviled eggs in the morning. A little something to add to the buffet.

Are your turkey legs thawed and ready for the crockpot?

[Kathy in Alaska]

Good evening, HRH PITA...have you started on a Thanksgiving feast? A turkey? Pie?

I have my turkey legs ready for the crock pot.

Happy Thanksgiving to you and yours!

[Publius]

My annual Thanksgiving post.

Charles Ives: Symphony #2

[Nifster]

I hope that everyone has a blessed day

[Kathy in Alaska]

Good evening, BlackAdderess, and Happy Thanksgiving to you and yours as well.

[radu]

Happy Thanksgiving, Publius!

I hope all’s going well with you these days.

[Kathy in Alaska]

We got off at noon today...I didn’t know what to do with the afternoon...until I realized that tomorrow is Thanksgiving and I needed to ready the annual Thanksgiving thread, not the regular one that was all set up. Good grief!!!

My turkey legs are fully thawed and I’m looking for another crock pot way to cook them. Last year’s “recipe” was good, but I’m looking anyway.

[radu]

LOL! Not used to having free time in the middle of the week, are ya? At least it gave you time to re-do the thread so you didn’t have to scramble at the very last minute.

It never hurts to look for new recipes. You never know when you’ll run across one that’s better than the one you already like.

[Kathy in Alaska]

Good choice...lots of great turkey and sides, and no cleanup. But no leftovers.

You and son have fun.

[Kathy in Alaska]

Good evening, Fiji, and Happy Thanksgiving to you and yours.

Thanks for the Thanksgiving tunes.

USS Kentucky Thanksgiving Dinner Menu 1907.

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