| Show ilian Thank thanksgiving giving Reve levenes ties and uld queries 0 thanksgiving la Is the tile first of ameri amerl cas own holidays As the earliest to be set met part apart hi its observance runs through the whole history of the nj ni tion like meet most other distinctive fen ture tures of oar our american Amerl cat order of 0 life it sprang up out of the local eoll soll it was at first and for many years colonial it became national only ni its its observance spread from towa town to town tonn from colony to colony from tate state to state while it has a historical interest oil all its own thanksgiving Is identified with no tingle single event no special occasion no definite date in our InI history it recalls no single act aa as does in dependence day it commemorates the name and service of no toon man as do the birthdays of washington and lincoln it to not shared with other peoples ples as ere are christmas and kew new years day identified with all the american thanksgiving day ta in Iden identified tilled with the soil soll we tail for whose harvest we give thanks it Is therefore identified nith the toll and the toilers whose tillage and productive labor inventive skill SUM constructive and distributive enterprise feed fek clothe shelter and develop oar our own people and many of their kith and kin in the old fut fatherlands herlands across the stan thanksgiving Is in another and rind greater labor day it recalls and calls forth all kinds of effort by all classes of pe people 01 it merges the common product of the common toll for the national pos session of which the president 1101 and governors of the he whole people call upon them to 0 o loank their rather creator and the good providence of the great provider la 10 thus remind ing as that our harvests are the joint product of mother nature the chil ch dren of men and father god thanksgiving Is first of all the american peoples exar easlon 1 of grateful app recta tion for their country coun atif land and slid waters its it fertility and be heirty for our out great out of doors nature its re to human effort to fantt man tit adte covery an and d his working with natural law thanksgiving Is therefore na tin tores harvest harves tome thome holiday celebrates entire year and yet it celebrates the full round year while held after harvest thanksgiving does not let us forget the seed and sowing of the rp springtime the plowing and weeding weedin it of the he summer aa its vital to the all inclusive process promas of re moreover and above all ail in lit this linking soil son and skies barta and the heavens it Is the day of remembrance brant e of the father of us all sill as the great giver not only but as an the tile groa greatest test worker with whom we ae may work and who works with all for the common good hy father hitherto ind end I 1 work said the greater of the ions tons of gos god and find the of men these j reveries awaken queries also Iri thain taylor declares in the chicago dally daily news they spring from th the sincerest recognition and roost most appreciative precia tive acknowledgment that the american Anae rican people are and always bare have bem a composite race ram and that adopt ed citizens from many lands have ury try much to make america what it Is I 1 ane early history letory li of the united state states interweave interweaves fine strong of english scotch celtic french Spa SPar iloth and jewish life v ith not few or feeble negro traits and tolle and borne some relics of indian and old mexican civilization the human conquest and amazing development of this new con cannot be accounted for without crediting much to lie the toll and many other enrichment enrichments of the latin single and anti southeastern european Fur bruml grants contributions to our culture in urt art and philosophy and to our culli ration of the he land and our commerce ot of the sea tome from the older civill lations of cani inda india and japart founders of country faith foundations found alon of americas faith were tere laid by till grims and cavaliere cavaliers cava cat liers allers catholic and Protea protestants tants each in its lt own way yet all to rne the same great end they are merely haf here a as queries raided raised by our thanks ivina werlee rei etlea their dh culon being re tor for timple opportunity their mere statement hobeler ho hotter neler er makes bold the faith and hope that these end and all other problem problems of amert lean life can all and only be solved and fettled settled by the inspiring katherine lne lee bates great patriotic p 4 Ir lotic hymn that breathes the soul ou of our american thank iring 0 beautiful for gracious kte for amber waves of graan 1 for p above the frill ted plain amerlia Amerl cA america Amerl cn god end 1 on the thee and crown thy food good with brother hood from ats to shining sea 0 beautiful ful for heroes haroe proved in strife who more than stif their country lovd and mercy more than lift litti america Am america may god thy cold gold renn refine tilt till 11 all II success be b nobleness nobl nf and vry every grain divine holaday of the home in 1 at day dav acarl to the home more mom of it Is I 1 at holu p than at church in fanelly reunion than in public in serving the needy need ar the lonely and the home less than in funn formal ser en sires ice nf of wor aln its it r ie it the he thankful henrt beArt imore chilin lie tile hooe houe of who thill link lived in any of our oldest colonial states in new be angland F can ever forget or of fall to 10 have it 4 glow lw of heart et at erry remembrance of it the real home thank ching day oe as observed on the still il from which it sprang at the very mention of it chrtt islona reappear of int the jonir ion pre preceding for it at the old aid family homestead homert eadi nf of the letter letters flying forth and und bark back between the old folks at home and the kent prat folks in their new home homes or transient tran lent alles 11 of toe allway station and enra wronged hron ged by merry homebound home bound children of nn older growth end and children childrens children of greeting at the L threshold three hold of th the of faid d farm hou houe houte te or village home mingling the smiles and laughter of the living with tears or rilent silent sorrowing andr ing ng yearning for the touch of a is tan van dished hand and the he sound of a voice that la Is of the bountifully laden jaden beautifully jy decorated family ath america americas fatted tatted turkey as a welcome bome instead of the fatted batted of ancient dayl day national development in the truest american Ameri cito homes the thanksgiving family reunion te is all that hubert robert burn bum sang san of the cot tees saturday and still till more for being wore more joyous though no les less religion religious for all that and there thre are americans not a few aitho ho feel deep down doun lu tit their hearts for their own oun cotan rv ahat hut the he scotch tinker singer max sang of file li ironi vroni scenes like these old set sri tl is agni rider r prink springs out of this population more wonderfully than constitutes the tit cuir other netlon a very 1 distinctive national development hn has it Is recognized nixed hy by ourselves our nelve und anti other peoples as our out own ovin ai As tuch such and as a distinct contribution th tile world titia and to tie herlt herlane ne of min mankind kInd it Is here and no nou being red without any comparison i ith arit bf other nat lobs an n hetter better or worse this life of tile american people 1 it a fact ind and a it fact that raises these to trici queries at least ii is ihl this american Anier imn life or spirit it and atilt valuable elou anoush h to he be consented con cons ened de vel ml and perpetuated if lift FA how c rin clin lin it maintain its lt distinct lif entity nud ano value enriched by the ace estion fralin which are appreciated and welcomed wel romed without being bein amri formed diluted or deteriorated cf piebe are nt not ehly ilir sire onerlee that nr tire forcing th emelee upon abe more fr or lens le strained lion tion of our ample |
