I invite the people of the United States to assemble on that occasion in their customary places of worship and in the forms approved by their own consciences render the homage due to the Divine Majesty for the wonderful things He has done in the nation's behalf.
Proclamation 103—Day of Thanksgiving, Praise, and Prayer, August 6, 1863
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