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+date: '2024-11-27'
+modified_time: 2024-11-27 15:44:54-05:00
+published_time: 2024-11-27 15:44:53-05:00
+source_url: https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/presidential-actions/2024/11/27/a-proclamation-on-thanksgiving-day-2024/
+tags: presidential-actions
+title: "A Proclamation on Thanksgiving Day,\_2024"
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+
+     This Thanksgiving, as families, friends, and loved ones gather in
+gratitude, may we all celebrate the many blessings of our great
+Nation.  
+     Thanksgiving is at the heart of America’s spirit of gratitude — of
+finding light in times of both joy and strife.  The Pilgrims celebrated
+the first Thanksgiving to honor a successful harvest, made possible by
+the generosity and kindness of the Wampanoag people.  On the way to
+Valley Forge, as General George Washington and his troops continued the
+fierce struggle for our Nation’s independence, they found a moment for
+Thanksgiving.  And amid the fight to preserve our Union during the Civil
+War, President Abraham Lincoln established Thanksgiving as a national
+holiday, finding gratitude in the courage of the American people who
+sacrifice so much for our country.  
+     We are a good Nation because we are a good people.  The First Lady
+and I remain inspired by the everyday Americans who lift this country up
+and push us forward.  Today, so many are among their family and friends,
+celebrating the love that binds them and creating new traditions that
+will carry on for generations.  To anyone with an empty seat at the
+dinner table, grieving the loss of a loved one, the First Lady and I
+hold you in our hearts and prayers.  
+     America is a Nation of promise and possibilities — and that is
+because, every day, ordinary Americans are doing extraordinary things.
+ Our service members and veterans have given all, risked all, and dared
+all to keep our Nation free.  Our first responders, firefighters, and
+police officers risk their lives every day to keep the rest of us safe.
+ I can see the best of America in them and in our workers and union
+leaders, public servants and teachers, doctors and scientists, and all
+who give their heart and soul to ensuring people are treated with
+dignity and respect.  And I find hope in our Nation’s families, who
+sacrifice so much to achieve the American Dream and build a future
+worthy of our highest aspirations.  
+     This Thanksgiving — the last one I will declare as President — I
+express my gratitude to the American people.  Serving as President has
+been the honor of a lifetime.  America is the greatest country on Earth,
+and there is so much to be grateful for.  May we celebrate all that
+unites us — because there is nothing beyond our capacity if we do it
+together.  
+     NOW, THEREFORE, I, JOSEPH R. BIDEN JR., President of the United
+States of America, by virtue of the authority vested in me by the
+Constitution and the laws of the United States, do hereby proclaim
+Thursday, November 28, 2024, as a National Day of Thanksgiving.  I
+encourage the people of the United States of America to join together
+and give thanks for the friends, neighbors, family members, and
+communities who have supported each other over the past year in a
+reflection of goodwill and unity.  
+    IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this twenty-seventh
+day of November, in the year of our Lord two thousand twenty-four, and
+of the Independence of the United States of America the two hundred and
+forty-ninth.
+
+                        JOSEPH R. BIDEN JR.