State of Connecticut
BY HIS EXCELLENCY
GOVERNOR
LIVELY sense of gratitude is not the least of the virtues. It
implies an intelligent appreciation of benefits received and a
proper recognition of their source. It goes hand in hand with a
sure faith in God's goodness and a serene hopefulness for the
future. It begets love and charity for our neighbor.
We New Englanders have traditionally endeavored to express this
feeling in our annual harvest festival. In the gathering of our families we
give thanks for those human ties which mean more and more as we grow
older; in our feasting we recognize such material prosperity as has been
our portion; in our bounty to others we symbolize in a small way the
abundance with which Divine Providence has blessed us.
It is a good custom; a heart-warming, home-loving, God-fearing
custom. And in the certainty that its signficance is still vital to the people
of this State, I designate Thursday, the twenty-fifth day of November next,
as a day of *
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recommending that it be observed as such in the churches, the schools and
the homes throughout Connecticut.
No man is so poor but that he has had some good gift during the past
year. It is no mean boon just that one's lot has been cast in this old State of
Connecticut, dedicated for a century and a half to the ideal of free govern-
ment. It is fair to praise God for opportunity as well as for realization. It
may be that our table reflects no worldly wealth; but if one can hold his head
high in the knowledge that he has kept faith with himself, if only one can
still clasp the hand of one honest friend, he may well thank God upon
his knees.
Given under my hand and seal of the State at the Capitol, in Hartford, this sixteenth day of
November, in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and twenty-six and of the
independence of the United States the one hundred and fifty-first.






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