Lincoln on Thanksgiving: “Gracious Gifts of the Most High God”
Townhall Review | Conservative Commentary On Today's News
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🗓️ 27 November 2024
⏱️ 42 minutes
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Townhall Review – November 30, 2024
Dennis Prager discusses the meaning of Thanksgiving and the words of our first president, George Washington, and President Abraham Lincoln’s proclamation during the Civil War that created the holiday.
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| 0:00.0 | Today on the Town Hall Review with Hugh Hewitt, on Thanksgiving weekend, we'll hear from Salem |
| 0:10.2 | host, Dennis Prager. |
| 0:11.3 | You remove God, and eventually the American experiment will fail. |
| 0:19.3 | He reads from George Washington. |
| 0:21.4 | A day of public thanksgiving and prayer to be observed by acknowledging with grateful |
| 0:26.3 | hearts, the many signal favors of Almighty God. |
| 0:31.8 | And from Abraham Lincoln. |
| 0:33.1 | No human counsel hath devised nor hath any mortal hand worked out these great things. |
| 0:40.7 | You hear that? |
| 0:41.6 | They are the gracious gifts of the most high God. |
| 0:45.2 | And addresses all Americans. |
| 0:47.4 | And you can express thanks that our founders were God believers, even if you are not. |
| 0:53.4 | Because it was that belief that gave rise to the freedoms |
| 0:56.4 | and belief in human rights that you now enjoy. |
| 0:59.8 | I'm Hugh Hewitt. |
| 1:00.9 | Great to be with you. |
| 1:01.8 | Catch my program each weekday morning live, 6 to 9 a.m. Eastern Time and on demand 24-7. |
| 1:07.4 | Learn more at Hugh Hewitt.com. |
| 1:09.7 | And follow me on Twitter at Hugh Hewitt. And and follow me on Twitter at hughewitt and follow this program as well at |
| 1:13.9 | town hall review in october of 1789 president george washington gave us the first thanksgiving |
| 1:21.6 | proclamation few presidents would be so bold with their faith in public today in a moment sal, Salem host, Dennis Prager, will go through that proclamation. |
| 1:30.5 | The vicissitudes of American cultural and political life today, |
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