President-elect Donald Trump gave a short Thanksgiving message to Americans calling for unity in a divided land. One hundred fifty years earlier, President Abraham Lincoln, in facing the American Civil War, made quite a different request of the nation's citizens. On today’s program Trumpet contributor Brent Nagtegaal looks back at Thanksgiving messages from two presidents who realized the key to national unity.
Abraham Lincoln’s Thanksgiving Proclamation:
www.abrahamlincolnonline.org/lincoln/sp…thanks.htm
www.abrahamlincolnonline.org/lincoln/sp…thanks.htm
Abraham Lincoln’s Day of National Fasting:
www.abrahamlincolnonline.org/lincoln/sp…s/fast.htm
www.abrahamlincolnonline.org/lincoln/sp…s/fast.htm
George Washington’s Thanksgiving proclamation:
www.heritage.org/initiatives/firs…ing-proclamation
www.heritage.org/initiatives/firs…ing-proclamation
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