Abraham Lincoln's Thanksgiving Proclamation
A Family Reading
Free Downloadable PDF
I divided the Proclamation into five parts with headings making it easy to read in a gathering. I then attempted to translate it into simpler language so that I could understand it. This simpler version is at the end of this document and may be helpful to read next in the gathering or to use for discussion and prayer. If you print off the PDF at the link above, it will be easy to cut the portions for each reader.
For fun pictures of Abe, please read this post to the end!