Thanksgiving Day, 2025

Proclamation 10994 of November 25, 2025

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Title 3--
The President

Proclamation 10994 of November 25, 2025

Thanksgiving Day, 2025

By the President of the United States of America

A Proclamation

In 1789, just years after America's triumph over
tyranny in the Revolutionary War, President George
Washington established the first National Day of
Thanksgiving, declaring ``the duty of all Nations to
acknowledge the providence of Almighty God, to obey His
will, to be grateful for His benefits, and humbly to
implore His protection and favor.'' Decades later, in
the midst of the bloody Civil War, President Abraham
Lincoln implored the Nation to join in unity for ``a
day of Thanksgiving and Praise to our beneficent Father
who dwelleth in the Heavens.'' In every generation
since, this spirit of reverence, trust, and gratitude
has preserved our way of life and made America the
strongest, greatest, and most resilient Nation the
world has ever known.

From the pilgrims who settled our continent and the
patriots who won our independence on the battlefield to
the pioneers who tamed the west and the warriors who
have preserved our freedom in distant lands, the spirit
of gratitude and grit embodied by those who celebrated
the first Thanksgiving more than 400 years ago have
stood at the very heart of what it means to be an
American.

This year, God has bestowed abundant blessings all
across our land and indeed the entire world. As we give
thanks to Him, we continue to advance our Nation
through strong leadership and commonsense policy. As a
result, the American economy is roaring back, we are
making progress on lowering the cost of living, a new
era of peace is sweeping around the world, our
sovereignty is being swiftly restored, and the American
spirit is coming back greater and more powerful than
ever before.

As we prepare to celebrate 250 glorious years of
American independence, this Thanksgiving, we summon the
faith, resolve, and unflinching fortitude of the giants
of American history who came before us. We vow to build
a future that echoes their sacrifice. Above all, we
offer our endless gratitude to Almighty God for His
love, grace, and infinite blessings.

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
27, 2025, 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.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this
twenty-fifth day of November, in the year of our Lord
two thousand twenty-five, and of the Independence of
the United States of America the two hundred and
fiftieth.