"Thanksgiving puts steel into our patriotic veins.

It reminds us or our great heritage.

It carries us back with numbing nostalgia to that first

dreadful winter at Plymouth where less than half the

handful of people survived. It speaks in clear,

crisp tones of forgotten terms, like: integrity…bravery…

respect…faith…vigilance…dignity…honor…freedom…

discipline…sacrifice…godliness."

[Charles R. Swindoll]