[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 227 (Tuesday, November 25, 1997)]
[Presidential Documents]
[Pages 62687-62688]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-31112]


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 The President

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                Proclamation 7052 of November 21, 1997

                
Thanksgiving Day, 1997

                By the President of the United States of America

                A Proclamation

                Another year has passed on our American journey. The 
                seasons have completed another cycle, and it is harvest 
                time in America. Once again, millions of us will gather 
                with family and friends to give thanks to God for the 
                many blessings that He has bestowed upon us.

                This Thanksgiving Day, as every day, we are grateful 
                for the gift of freedom, for the vision made real by 
                our Nation's founders and preserved by the courage, 
                vigilance, and sacrifice of generations of Americans. 
                We are thankful for the bounty and beauty of this great 
                land, which has welcomed so many to its shores across 
                the years. We cherish the love of our families and 
                friends. We value the opportunity to provide for our 
                children's future with the fruits of our honest labor. 
                And, like the Pilgrims who celebrated Thanksgiving more 
                than 300 years ago, we thank God for bringing us safely 
                to the threshold of a new world, full of exhilarating 
                challenge and promise.

                In this new world, our children are growing up free 
                from the shadows of the Cold War and the threat of 
                nuclear holocaust. Nations once held captive by 
                communism are learning the lessons of liberty and 
                democracy. A revolution in technology has brought the 
                world closer together and holds the prospect of greater 
                knowledge and prosperity for people across the globe.

                More than three centuries of change and growth separate 
                us from the Pilgrims and their Native American friends 
                who sat down together for their Thanksgiving meal. But 
                the example and experience of those early Americans 
                still hold great meaning for us today. They remind us 
                that God's love strengthens and sustains us, both as 
                individuals and as a Nation. They remind us that 
                everyone has something to contribute, and that we are 
                all richer when we learn to share. They teach us a 
                simple but powerful lesson that each new generation of 
                Americans must learn and pass on: we need one another. 
                Like the Pilgrims, if we are to flourish in our new 
                world, we must do so not as isolated individuals, but 
                as members of a family, one America, sharing our gifts 
                and leaving no one behind.

                NOW, THEREFORE, I, WILLIAM J. CLINTON, President of the 
                United States of America, by virtue of the authority 
                vested in me by the Constitution and laws of the United 
                States, do hereby proclaim Thursday, November 27, 1997, 
                as a National Day of Thanksgiving. I encourage all 
                Americans to assemble in their homes, places of 
                worship, or community centers to share the spirit of 
                goodwill and prayer; to express heartfelt thanks to God 
                for the many blessings He has bestowed upon us; and to 
                reach out in true friendship to our brothers and 
                sisters across this land who, together, comprise our 
                great American family.

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                IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this 
                twenty-first day of November, in the year of our Lord 
                nineteen hundred and ninety-seven, and of the 
                Independence of the United States of America the two 
                hundred and twenty-second.

                    (Presidential Sig.)

[FR Doc. 97-31112
Filed 11-24-97; 8:45 am]
Billing code 3195-01-P