[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 229 (Wednesday, November 30, 2022)]
[Presidential Documents]
[Pages 73431-73432]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-26158]


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 Title 3--
 The President

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                Proclamation 10500 of November 23, 2022

                
Thanksgiving Day, 2022

                By the President of the United States of America

                A Proclamation

                This Thanksgiving, as homes across America fill with 
                laughter, favorite family foods, and the joy of friends 
                and relatives reuniting, we give thanks for everything 
                that is good in our lives and reflect on the many 
                blessings of our Nation.

                This American spirit of gratitude dates back to our 
                earliest days, when the Pilgrims celebrated a 
                successful first harvest, thanks to the generosity and 
                support of the Wampanoag people. It inspired George 
                Washington to give his troops a day of prayer and 
                thanks amid fierce fighting for American independence. 
                It also moved Abraham Lincoln to proclaim Thanksgiving 
                a national holiday, honoring America's bounty and 
                asking God to bring us together to care for one another 
                and heal our Nation.

                Today, Jill and I share that same gratitude for 
                America's promise and for the millions of heroes across 
                our country whose selflessness and care for their 
                communities represent the best of who we are.

                We are grateful for our family and friends and for all 
                of our fellow Americans, even those whom we may never 
                meet but rely upon nonetheless. We are thankful for the 
                scientists, researchers, doctors, and nurses who have 
                kept us safe through a pandemic, and for the frontline 
                workers who have kept essential services going by 
                growing and providing food for our tables. We are 
                grateful to faith leaders for their counsel, comfort, 
                and support. We thank our brave service members and 
                veterans who sacrifice so much for our freedom, and the 
                first responders who put so much on the line to keep us 
                all safe.

                As Scripture says: ``let us rejoice always, pray 
                continually, and give thanks in all circumstances.'' 
                This is a special time in the greatest country on 
                Earth, so let us be grateful. America is a great Nation 
                because we are a good people. This holiday, we 
                celebrate all that brings us together, grounded in 
                history and our shared hopes for the future.

                NOW, THEREFORE, I, JOSEPH R. BIDEN JR., President of 
                the United States of America, by virtue of the 
                authority vested in me by the Constitution and the laws 
                of the United States, do hereby proclaim Thursday, 
                November 24, 2022, as a National Day of Thanksgiving. I 
                encourage the people of the United States of America to 
                join together and give thanks for the friends, 
                neighbors, family members, and strangers who have 
                supported each other over the past year in a reflection 
                of goodwill and unity.

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                IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this 
                twenty-third day of November, in the year of our Lord 
                two thousand twenty-two, and of the Independence of the 
                United States of America the two hundred and forty-
                seventh.
                
                
                    (Presidential Sig.)

[FR Doc. 2022-26158
Filed 11-29-22; 8:45 am]
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