Robert Torricelli: “I wanted, if only for my own purposes, to take a moment to reflect on the day, its meaning, and some things we all take…”

“I wanted, if only for my own purposes, to take a moment to reflect on the day, its meaning, and some things we all take to our homes that distinguish this year and this Thanksgiving from others. I trust that we are all mindful as we travel to be with our families for Thanksgiving, traveling to each of the 50 States of the Union, that there are thousands of soldiers and sailors and airmen gathered in the hulls of ships, flying in aircraft, some huddled in trenches on the ground--all brave, all strong, but they would not be human if some were not afraid. They are far from home at a time when all Americans want to be at home. They are in a strange land, often with people they do not know, at a time when Americans want to be with family and people they love. I know all Americans will remember them in our prayers this Thanksgiving and be grateful not just to them but to the great good fortune of providence which with every generation, every time our Nation has been threatened for more than two centuries, has produced men and women of such extraordinary courage, so willing to sacrifice for our Nation and its freedom.”