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For which we give thanks: The Post's Thanksgiving message

By Post Editorial Board
Published Nov. 26, 2025, 5:13 p.m. ET

The first Thanksgiving in the New World was celebrated in 1621, nearly a
year after the Pilgrims landed at Plymouth in the Massachusetts Bay
Colony.

In 1789, George Washington became the first of many US presidents to
formally proclaim a day of "public thanksgiving and prayer":

"I do recommend and assign Thursday, the 26th day of November next, to be
devoted by the people of these States to the service of that great and
glorious Being who is the beneficent author of all the good that was, that
is, or that will be; that we may then all unite in rendering unto Him our
sincere and humble thanks for His kind care and protection of the people
of this country previous to their becoming a nation; for the signal and
manifold mercies and the favorable interpositions of His providence in the
course and conclusion of the late war; for the great degree of
tranquillity, union, and plenty which we have since enjoyed; for the
peaceable and rational manner in which we have been enabled to establish
constitutions of government for our safety and happiness, and particularly
the national one now lately instituted; for the civil and religious
liberty with which we are blessed, and the means we have of acquiring and
diffusing useful knowledge; and, in general, for all the great and various
favors which He has been pleased to confer upon us."

In 1863, in the midst of the Civil War, Abraham Lincoln likewise called
for a day of Thanksgiving in November:

"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 so it was until President Franklin Roosevelt, in 1939, temporarily
moved the celebration back to the third Thursday in November to stimulate
Depression-era Christmas sales.

President Trump on Wednesday issued his own Thanksgiving proclamation:
"In 1789, just years after America's triumph over tyranny in the
Revolutionary War, President George Washington established the first
National Day of Thanksgiving, declaring "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."

Decades later, in the midst of the bloody Civil War, President Abraham
Lincoln implored the Nation to join in unity for "a day of Thanksgiving
and Praise to our beneficent Father who dwelleth in the Heavens."

In every generation since, this spirit of reverence, trust, and gratitude
has preserved our way of life and made America the strongest, greatest,
and most resilient Nation the world has ever known.

From the pilgrims who settled our continent and the patriots who won our
independence on the battlefield to the pioneers who tamed the west and the
warriors who have preserved our freedom in distant lands, the spirit of
gratitude and grit embodied by those who celebrated the first Thanksgiving
more than 400 years ago have stood at the very heart of what it means to
be an American.

This year, God has bestowed abundant blessings all across our land and
indeed the entire world. As we give thanks to Him, we continue to advance
our Nation through strong leadership and commonsense policy.

As a result, the American economy is roaring back, we are making progress
on lowering the cost of living, a new era of peace is sweeping around the
world, our sovereignty is being swiftly restored, and the American spirit
is coming back greater and more powerful than ever before.

As we prepare to celebrate 250 glorious years of American independence,
this Thanksgiving, we summon the faith, resolve, and unflinching fortitude
of the giants of American history who came before us. We vow to build a
future that echoes their sacrifice. Above all, we offer our endless
gratitude to Almighty God for His love, grace, and infinite blessings.

NOW, THEREFORE, I, DONALD J. TRUMP, 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 27,
2025, as a National Day of Thanksgiving. I encourage all Americans to
gather, in homes and places of worship, to offer a prayer of thanks to God
for our many blessings.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this twenty-fifth day of
November, in the year of our Lord two thousand twenty-five, and of the
Independence of the United States of America the two hundred and fiftieth.

-DONALD J. TRUMP"
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