Thursday, November 25, 2010

Quote of the Day (Ray Stannard Baker, on Thanksgiving)


“Thanksgiving is the holiday of peace, the celebration of work and the simple life... a true folk-festival that speaks the poetry of the turn of the seasons, the beauty of seedtime and harvest, the ripe product of the year - and the deep, deep connection of all these things with God.”—Attributed to American journalist and historian Ray Stannard Baker (1870-1946)

The image accompanying this post is The First Thanksgiving at Plymouth (1914), by Jennie Brownscombe.

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