Sermon – Thanksgiving – 1864

You can not have failed to notice how small a part of the peculiar rhetoric of war has ever come from the great makers and masters of war…

Sermon – Thanksgiving – 1863

It is the usage of the divine Word to speak of God’s mystery as the believer’s peace. Concealment, we are told, is a part of the glory of God; and the very darkness…

Sermon – Thanksgiving – 1862 New York

Alexander Hamilton Vinton (1807-1881) graduated from Yale in 1828 and from a theological seminary in 1835. He was pastor of congregations in: Portland (1835-1836)…

Sermon – Thanksgiving – 1853

Charles Wadsworth (1814-1882) graduated from Union College in 1837. He was pastor of congregations in: Troy, NY (1842-1850)…

Proclamation – Thanksgiving Day – 1944

The following is the text of a national Thanksgiving proclamation issued by President Franklin D. Roosevelt on November 1, 1944. The Thanksgiving day was to take place on November 23, 1944. The images of the Proclamation are from the National Archives and Records Administration.

Proclamation – Thanksgiving Day – 1933

I, FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT, President of the United States of America, do set aside and appoint Thursday, the thirtieth day of November 1933, to be a Day of Thanksgiving for all our people….

Milton, West Virginia 2024

Mayoral Proclamation In harmony with Christian Heritage Week in West Virginia November 24-30, 2024 as proclaimed by  Governor Jim Justice WHEREAS, Thanksgiving week marks the thirty-third consecutive Christian Heritage Week in West Virginia; thus continuing a tradition of annual proclamations beginning with Governor Gaston Caperton in 1992 thru 1996 and continued by Governor Cecil Underwood […]

White Hall, West Virginia 2024

Mayoral Proclamation in harmony with Christian Heritage Week in West Virginia As proclaimed by Governor Jim Justice Whereas, the Preamble to the Constitution of West Virginia declares, “Since through Divine Providence we enjoy the blessings of civil, political, and religious liberty, we, the people of West Virginia reaffirm our faith and constant reliance upon God”; and […]

Mitchell Heights, West Virginia 2024

Mayoral Proclamation in harmony with Christian Heritage Week in West Virginia November 24-30, 2024 as proclaimed by  Governor Jim Justice WHEREAS, Thanksgiving week marks the thirty-third consecutive Christian Heritage Week in West Virginia; thus continuing a tradition of annual proclamations beginning with Governor Gaston Caperton in 1992 thru 1996 and continued by Governor Cecil Underwood […]