12/16/1961
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"We welcome you here during a time of very great change in the world, both in the West and in the East."
"Let us renew that spirit by concerting our energy and our hope with men and women everywhere that the world may move more rapidly toward the time when Thanksgiving may be a day of universal celebratio..."
"I urge that all observe this day with reverence and with humility."
"Let us renew the spirit of the Pilgrims at the first Thanksgiving, lonely in an inscrutable wilderness, facing the dark unknown with a faith borne of their dedication to God and a fortitude drawn from..."