Thanksgiving Day, 2022

Proclamation 10500 of November 23, 2022

Thanksgiving Day, 2022

By the President of the United States of America

A Proclamation

This Thanksgiving, as homes across America fill with
laughter, favorite family foods, and the joy of friends
and relatives reuniting, we give thanks for everything
that is good in our lives and reflect on the many
blessings of our Nation.

This American spirit of gratitude dates back to our
earliest days, when the Pilgrims celebrated a
successful first harvest, thanks to the generosity and
support of the Wampanoag people. It inspired George
Washington to give his troops a day of prayer and
thanks amid fierce fighting for American independence.
It also moved Abraham Lincoln to proclaim Thanksgiving
a national holiday, honoring America's bounty and
asking God to bring us together to care for one another
and heal our Nation.

Today, Jill and I share that same gratitude for
America's promise and for the millions of heroes across
our country whose selflessness and care for their
communities represent the best of who we are.

We are grateful for our family and friends and for all
of our fellow Americans, even those whom we may never
meet but rely upon nonetheless. We are thankful for the
scientists, researchers, doctors, and nurses who have
kept us safe through a pandemic, and for the frontline
workers who have kept essential services going by
growing and providing food for our tables. We are
grateful to faith leaders for their counsel, comfort,
and support. We thank our brave service members and
veterans who sacrifice so much for our freedom, and the
first responders who put so much on the line to keep us
all safe.

As Scripture says: ``let us rejoice always, pray
continually, and give thanks in all circumstances.''
This is a special time in the greatest country on
Earth, so let us be grateful. America is a great Nation
because we are a good people. This holiday, we
celebrate all that brings us together, grounded in
history and our shared hopes for the future.

NOW, THEREFORE, I, JOSEPH R. BIDEN JR., 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 24, 2022, as a National Day of Thanksgiving. I
encourage the people of the United States of America to
join together and give thanks for the friends,
neighbors, family members, and strangers who have
supported each other over the past year in a reflection
of goodwill and unity.

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