The First Thanksgiving at Plymouth by Jennie A. Brownscombe (1914) Courtesy Wikipedia

The First Thanksgiving at Plymouth by Jennie A. Brownscombe (1914)
Courtesy Wikipedia Image

 

Saying grace before carving the turkey at Thanksgiving dinner in the home of Earle Landis in Neffsville, Pennsylvania

Saying grace before carving the turkey at Thanksgiving dinner in the home of                         Earle Landis in Neffsville, Pennsylvania  1942

This image is a work of an employee of the United States Farm Security Administration, taken as part of that person’s official duties. The image is in the public domain.

But I will sacrifice unto thee with the voice of thanksgiving; I will pay that that I have vowed. Salvation is of the Lord.

Jonah 2:9  KJV

Every year about this time my Dad would start handing out calendars for the new year, advertising his business, Longenecker Farm Supply. Calendars always featured something inspirational: a glossy, colored photo of a farm scene, happy children at play, or in this case, a family observing Thanksgiving. Daddy died in 1985 and after that time the business was sold, so calendars stopped. But I still keep the “Thanksgiving” calendar in its plastic cradle attached to the inside of one of my kitchen cabinets, with new calendar year postings now computer-generated.

Calendar

Enter into his gates with thanksgiving, and into his courts with praise; be thankful unto him, and bless his name.                  Psalm 100:4
Happy Thanksgiving!