Article November 19, 1932 Issue

Thanksgiving Proclamation

with contributions from Herbert Hoover, Henry L. Stimson

WHEREAS at this season of the year our people for generations past have always turned their thoughts to thankfulness for the blessings of Almighty God,

NOW, THEREFORE, I, HERBERT HOOVER, President of the United States, do set aside and declare Thursday, November 24, 1932, as a day of national thanksgiving, and I do urge that they repair to their places of public worship, there to give thanks to the beneficent Providence from whom comes all our good; and I do further recommend, inasmuch as this year marks the two hundredth anniversary of the birth of George Washington, the father of our country, whose immeasurable services to our liberties and our security are blessings perennially renewed upon us, that our people refresh their memory of his first Thanksgiving Proclamation, which I append and incorporate in this present proclamation.

"Whereas it is the duty of all Nations to acknowledge the providence of Almighty God, to obey his will, to be grateful for his benefits, and humbly to implore his protection and favor—and Whereas both Houses of Congress have by their joint Committee requested me to recommend to the People of the United States a day of public thanksgiving and prayer to be observed by acknowledging with grateful hearts the many signal favors of Almighty God, especially by affording them an opportunity peaceably to establish a form of government for their safety and happiness.'

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