William Howard Taft: Proclamation - Thanksgiving Day, 1910

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Proclamation - Thanksgiving Day, 1910
November 5, 1910

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BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
A PROCLAMATION

This year of 1910 is drawing to a close. The records ofpopulation and harvests which are the index of progress show vigorous nationalgrowth and the health and prosperous well-being of our communities throughout this land and in our possessions beyond the seas. These blessingshave not descended upon us in restricted measure, but overflow and abound. Theyare the blessings and bounty of God.

We continue to be at peace with the rest of the world. In allessential matters our relations with other peoples are harmonious, with anevergrowing reality of friendliness and depth of recognition of mutualdependence. It is especially to be noted that during the past year great progresshas been achieved in the cause of arbitration and the peaceful settlement ofinternational disputes.

Now, therefore, I, WILLIAM HOWARD TAFT, President of the UnitedStates of America, in accordance with the wise custom of the civil magistratesince the first settlements in this land and with the rule established from thefoundation of this Government, do appoint Thursday, November 24, 1910, as a dayof National Thanksgiving and Prayer, enjoining the people upon that day to meetin their churches for the praise of Almighty God and to return heartfelt thanksto Him for all His goodness and loving-kindness.

In witnesswhereof I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the United States tobe affixed.

Done at thecity of Washington this fifth day of November, in the year of our Lord onethousand nine hundred and ten and of the independence of the United States theone hundred and thirty-fifth.

WILLIAM H. TAFT

By the President:

ALVEYA ADEE,Acting Secretary of State

Citation: John T. Woolley and Gerhard Peters, The American Presidency Project [online]. Santa Barbara, CA. Available from World Wide Web: http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/ws/?pid=68510.

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