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'In the Hands of God': Giving Thanks Amid the Darkness of War

More than 160 years ago, President Abraham Lincoln issued a proclamation that all Americans should "observe the last Thursday of November next, as a day of Thanksgiving and Praise to our beneficent Father who dwelleth in the Heavens." And so was born the cherished American holiday, Thanksgiving.
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