the American psyche which has moved away from a gratitude towards God. Somehow, the celebration of a day that culminates in parades, football, and gluttony seems less important that the original intent of a Thanksgiving Day. A turkey has become all but synonymous with the holiday.
to set apart and observe the last Thursday of November next as a Day of Thanksgiving and Praise to our beneficent Father who dwelleth in the heavens
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—That we may then all unite in rendering unto him our sincere and humble thanks