Read this on the Web at http://patriotpost.us/alexander/2011/11/23/gratitude-and-thanksgiving/ Subscribe to Alexander's Essays in The Patriot Post : click here . Alexander's Essay – November 23, 2011 Gratitude and Thanksgiving The genuine spirit of Thanksgiving. "I do recommend and assign Thursday ... next to be devoted by the People of these States to the service of that great and glorious Being, who is the beneficent Author of all the good that was, that is, or that will be." --George Washington (October 3, 1789) Harvest of Plenty. My family will be celebrating this Thanksgiving in the mountains of Tennessee with extended family and friends in warm homes with plenty. Though no day

"When you assemble from your several counties in the Legislature, were every member to be guided only by the apparent interest of his county, government would be impracticable. There must be a perpetual accomodation and sacrifice of local advantage to general expediency." --Alexander Hamilton, speech at the New York Ratifying Convention, 1788 Follow The Patriot Post :                You have received this email because you are subscribed to Founder's Quote Daily, a service of The Patriot Post . To subscribe to Founder's Quote Daily and The Patriot Post , link to http://patriotpost.us/subscribe/ . To manage your subscription or to unsubscribe, link to http://patriotpost.us/manage/ and log in with your email address.