The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-10-29
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER Is,
IS THANKSGIVING DAY
Presidents Proclamation Refers TO
Fact That United States
Remains at Peace.
PRIVILEGED TO HELP OTHERS
People Come to Feel More Fully
Their Mutual Intertlependence Upon
One Another and Stirred to Help
full Cooperation.

WASHINGTON. October 2S.--Presi-
dent Wilson to-day issued II procla~
nation designating Thursday. Novem-
Der 20. as Thanksgiving Day.
The Presidents prociamn ton. which
refcrs to the fact that the United states
is ut peace while the rest of the world
is Mt war. follows:
.Bytthe President Of the United States
OF America.
So y Proclamation
1T has long been the honored Gus
tom OF our people to turn in the fruit
ful autumn of the year in praise and
Thanksgiving to Almighty God for His
many blessings and mercies TO us as n
nation. The year that is now drawing,
toga close since we last observed our
dag of national Thanksgiving has been.
while year OF discipline because of
the mighty forces of war and Of
change which have disturbed the world.
also year of special blessing for us
IT has been vouchsafed to IL to re-
main at peace. with honor. and In some
part to succor the suffering and sup
ply the needs Of those who are in want.
we have been privileged by our own
peace and self-control in some degree
TO steady the coLnscls and shape the
ana distress Our people have looked
upon their own life as z nation with n
deeper comprehension. u fuller realiza-
ton OF their responsibilities. as well!
IS OF their blessings. and kecner
sense OF the moral and practical sig
nsacance OF what their part among tho
iations OF the world may come to be-
The hurtful effects Of foreign war
in their own industrial and commercial
onairs have made them feel the more
fuily and sec the moro clearly their
mutual ,nterdepeEdcncc upon one an
other. and has stirred them to n help
null cooperation such as they have
aeidom practiced before. They have
been quickened by great moral
stimulation. Their unmistakable ardor
TOT peace, their earnest pity and dis.
interested sympathy for those who are
suffering their readiness to help and
10 think OF tho needs Of others, has re-
re3led them to themselves, rs we'll as
TO the world.
"onr crops will feed all who need
1000; the self-posscsslon OF our people
amidst the most serious anxieties and
difficulties, and the stoadiness and re-
sourcefulness OF our business men will
serve other nations as well as our own.
The business of the country has
been supplied with new instrumentali-
ties. and the commerce OF the world
With new channels OF trade and inter-
-
opened to the commerce Of the nations.
The two continents OF America have
been bound in closer ties of fr!eEdship.
new instrumcntaiities Of international
trade have been created, which will
be also new instrumentalities OF ac-
quaiptancc. intercourse and mutual
service. Never before have the people
OF The United States been SO situated
for their own advantage or the ud
vantage OF their neighbors, or so
equipped 10 serve themselves and man
kind.
Now. therefore. l. Woodrow Wilson,
President OF the United States of
America. do hereby designate Thurs
day. the goth Of November next, as a
day OF thanksgiving and prayer, and
invite tho people throughout the land
TO cease from their wonted occupations.
and In their several homes and places
of worship render thanks to Almighty
God.
I'm witness whereof i have hercunto
set my hand and caused the seal Of the
United States to be affixed
Done ut the city of Washington this
2sth day Of October. in the year OF our
Lord, one thousand. nine hundred and
fourteen, and OF the independence OF
the United States OF America the one
hundred and thirty-nsnth.
tSigncd) WOODROW WILSON.
by the President:
Robert Lansing.
Acting Secretary Of Statc"