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On the recordSeptember 27, 1979
May we be thankful in proportion to that which we have received, trusting not in our wealth and comforts, but in the strength of our purpose.
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Jimmy Carter
Democratic · Georgia

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Proclamation 4693—Thanksgiving Day, 1979

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