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Although the fourth Thursday of November falls on a different date every year, the president is expected to proclaim that date as the official celebration.

Although the fourth Thursday of November falls on a different date every year, the president is expected to proclaim that date as the official celebration.

The Pilgrims’ triumph over starvation and disease at [[Plymouth Colony]] can be traced to something more than the charitable gestures of a few local Indians. Rather, it was their faith in Divine Providence and the blessings of God.  It also involves their courageous decision to replace a failed, socialistic agricultural system with one formed by the free-market principle of private ownership of property—a century and a half before [[Adam Smith]] wrote The Wealth of Nations.<ref>[http://www.humanevents.com/article.php?id=23453 The Reality of Thanksgiving], by Mike Franc, ''Human Events'', 11/16/2007.</ref>  

The Pilgrims’ triumph over starvation and disease at [[Plymouth Colony]] can be traced to something more than the charitable gestures of a few local Indians. Rather, it was their faith in Divine Providence and the blessings of God.  It also involves their courageous decision to replace a failed, socialistic agricultural system with one formed by the free-market principle of private ownership of property—a century and a half before [[Adam Smith]] wrote The Wealth of Nations.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20080109023623/https://www.humanevents.com/article.php?id=23453 The Reality of Thanksgiving], by Mike Franc, ''Human Events'', 11/16/2007.</ref>  

==Symbols of Thanksgiving==

==Symbols of Thanksgiving==