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Freedom from Want, also known as The Thanksgiving Picture or I'll Be Home for Christmas, is the third of the Four Freedoms series of four oil paintings by American artist Norman Rockwell. The works were inspired by United States President Franklin D. Roosevelt 's 1941 State of the Union Address, known as Four Freedoms .
Thanksgiving ( French: l'Action de grâce ), occurring on the second Monday in October, is an annual Canadian holiday to give thanks at the close of the harvest season. Although the original act of Parliament references God and the holiday is celebrated in churches, the holiday is mostly celebrated in a secular manner.
Thanksgiving Day service for members of the United States Army Air Corps, held in a church in Cransley, Northamptonshire, England, November 23, 1944. Thanksgiving was founded as a religious observance for all the members of the community for a common purpose to give thanks to God.
1. "Father, for our food we thank You, and for our joys. Help us love You more. — Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops. 2. "From the smallest morsel to this mega feast, we are forever ...
Sarah Josepha Hale wrote a letter to President Abraham Lincoln on September 28, 1863, requesting the last Thursday in November to be a day of Thanksgiving announced to the whole country. In ...
We Gather Together. " We Gather Together " is a Christian hymn of Dutch origin written in 1597 by Adrianus Valerius as " Wilt heden nu treden " to celebrate the Dutch victory over Spanish forces in the Battle of Turnhout. It was originally set to a Dutch folk tune. In the United States, it is popularly associated with Thanksgiving Day and is ...
The following verses appear in a "long version": Over the river, and through the wood, with a clear blue winter sky, The dogs do bark, and children hark, as we go jingling by. Over the river, and through the wood, to have a first-rate play. Hear the bells ring, "Ting-a-ling-ding!", Hurrah for Thanksgiving Day!
Grace (meals) Grace before the Meal, by Fritz von Uhde, 1885. A grace is a short prayer or thankful phrase said before or after eating. [ 1] The term most commonly refers to Christian traditions. Some traditions hold that grace and thanksgiving imparts a blessing which sanctifies the meal.