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Ben Harrison: “Among the appropriate observances of the day are rest from toil, worship in the public congregation, the renewal of…”

On the recordNovember 12, 1891
Among the appropriate observances of the day are rest from toil, worship in the public congregation, the renewal of family ties about our American firesides, and thoughtful helpfulness toward those who suffer lack of the body or of the spirit.
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Ben Harrison
Republican · Indiana

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Proclamation 313—Thanksgiving Day, 1891

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