HOLIDAY/TRUMP MEMORANDA: “President Donald J. Trump Proclaims Thursday, November 23, 2017, as a National Day of Thanksgiving
On Thanksgiving Day, as we have for nearly four centuries, Americans give thanks to Almighty God for our abundant blessings. We gather with the people we love to show gratitude for our freedom, for our friends and families, and for the prosperous Nation we call home…
NOW, THEREFORE, I, DONALD J. TRUMP, President of the United States of America, by virtue of the authority vested in me by the Constitution and the laws of the United States, do hereby proclaim Thursday, November 23, 2017, as a National Day of Thanksgiving. I encourage all Americans to gather, in homes and places of worship, to offer a prayer of thanks to God for our many blessings.”
-Donald Trump, “President Donald J. Trump Proclaims Thursday, November 23, 2017, as a National Day of Thanksgiving,” White House Office of the Press Secretary, Nov. 17, 2017