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On the recordNovember 6, 1962
It is fitting that we give our thanks for the safety of our land, for the fertility of our harvests, for the strength of our liberties, for the health of our people.
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John Fitzgerald Kennedy
Democratic · Massachusetts

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Proclamation 3505—Thanksgiving Day, 1962

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