Read through several Presidential Thanksgiving Proclamations at pilgrimhall.org/ThanxProc.htm.
Then answer the following questions:
1. To whom do all Presidents give thanks for the blessings we have in America?
2. What is unusual about the way Presidents in the 20th and 21st centuries record the date at the bottom of their proclamations?
3. In what way has the tone of the Thanksgiving proclamations changed over the past 200 years?