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Related: About this forumPresident Obama's Weekly Address: Wishing the American People a Happy Thanksgiving
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The White House
Office of the Press Secretary
For Immediate Release
November 28, 2013
Weekly Address: Wishing the American People a Happy Thanksgiving
Remarks of President Barack Obama
Weekly Address -- Thanksgiving
Thursday, November 28, 2013
Hi, everybody. On behalf of all the Obamas Michelle, Malia, Sasha, Bo, and the newest member of our family, Sunny I want to wish you a happy and healthy Thanksgiving.
Well be spending today just like many of you sitting down with family and friends to eat some good food, tell stories, watch a little football, and most importantly, count our blessings.
And as Americans, we have so much to be thankful for.
We give thanks for the men and women who set sail for this land nearly four centuries ago, risking everything for the chance at a better life and the people who were already here, our Native American brothers and sisters, for their generosity during that first Thanksgiving.
We give thanks for the generations who followed people of all races and religions, who arrived here from every country on Earth and worked to build something better for themselves and for us.
We give thanks for all our men and women in uniform and for their families, who are surely missing them very much today. Were grateful for their sacrifice too.
We give thanks for the freedoms they defend the freedom to think what we want and say what we think, to worship according to our own beliefs, to choose our leaders and, yes, criticize them without punishment. People around the world are fighting and even dying for their chance at these freedoms. We stand with them in that struggle, and we give thanks for being free.
And we give thanks to everyone whos doing their part to make the United States a better, more compassionate nation who spend their Thanksgiving volunteering at a soup kitchen, or joining a service project, or bringing food and cheer to a lonely neighbor. That big-hearted generosity is a central part of our American character. We believe in lending a hand to folks who need it. We believe in pitching in to solve problems even if they arent our problems. And thats not a one-day-a-year belief. Its part of the fabric of our nation.
And we remember that many Americans need that helping hand right now. Americans whove lost their jobs and cant get a new one through no fault of their own. Americans whove been trapped in poverty and just need that helping hand to climb out. Citizens whose prayers and hopes move us to act.
We are a people who are greater together than we are on our own. Thats what today is about. Thats what every day should be about. No matter our differences, were all part of one American family. We are each others keeper. We are one nation, under God. That core tenet of our American experience has guided us from the earliest days of our founding and it will guide us to a future thats even brighter than today.
Thank you, God bless you, and from my family to yours, Happy Thanksgiving.
http://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2013/11/28/weekly-address-wishing-american-people-happy-thanksgiving
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Nov 2013
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