And let us, through the mediation of Him who has taught us how to pray, implore the forgiveness of our sins and a continuation of heavenly favor.
Let us not forget on this day of thanksgiving the poor and needy, and by deeds of charity let our offerings of praise be made more acceptable in the sight of the Lord.
Witness my hand and the seal of the United States, which I have caused to be hereto affixed.
Done at the city of Washington, this 4th day of November, A. D. 1896, and of the Independence of the United States of America the one hundred and twenty-first.
S. Grover Cleveland
By the President:
Richard Olney
Secretary of StateNovember 4, 1896
that included the now famous rallying cry “We’ll fight them to the twilight’s last gleaming and through the dawn’s early light, and if the
