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 ...

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