THANKSGIVING: TIME TO APPRECIATE OUR BLESSINGS
November 25, 2008
November 25, 2008
TOPEKA, Kan., Nov. 25 -- Lt. Gov. Mark Parkinson, D-Kan., issued the following column:
The following is a column by Lieutenant Governor Mark Parkinson:
Thanksgiving has always been a time where people come together to celebrate their blessings. In 1621, Pilgrims and Native Americans took three days and celebrated their harvest together. More than 200 years later President Lincoln made Thanksgiving a national holiday in 1863, as a call for people to be grateful for t . . .
The following is a column by Lieutenant Governor Mark Parkinson:
Thanksgiving has always been a time where people come together to celebrate their blessings. In 1621, Pilgrims and Native Americans took three days and celebrated their harvest together. More than 200 years later President Lincoln made Thanksgiving a national holiday in 1863, as a call for people to be grateful for t . . .