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Woodrow Wilson: It has long been the custom of our people to turn in the fruitful autumn of the year in praise and thanksgiving to…

On the recordNovember 16, 1916
It has long been the custom of our people to turn in the fruitful autumn of the year in praise and thanksgiving to Almighty God for His many blessings and mercies to us as a nation.
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Woodrow Wilson
Democratic · New Jersey

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Proclamation 1352—Thanksgiving Day, 1916

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