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Teddy Roosevelt: “I now set apart Thursday, the thirtieth day of this November, as a day of thanksgiving for the past and of prayer for…”

On the recordNovember 1, 1905
I now set apart Thursday, the thirtieth day of this November, as a day of thanksgiving for the past and of prayer for the future.
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Teddy Roosevelt
Republican · New York

Editor's note · Context

Proclamation 605—Thanksgiving Day, 1905

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