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Thanksgiving
& the Social Conscience |
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| Nor are the poor forgotten, for that holiday must come with as bountiful a hand to
the lone widow and defenceless orphan, as to the richest man in town; and churlish would
he be considered, who should dole out, on that day, a stinted morsel, even to the
thriftless beggar. |
From
Sketches of New England
by John Carver,
1842 |
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Colliers, November 18, 1905
Artist : Maxfield Parrish |
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| Consecrate the day to benevolence of action, by sending good gifts to the poor, and
doing those deeds of charity that will, for one day, make every American home the place of
plenty and of rejoicing. |
Sarah Josepha Hale
in Godey’s Lady’s Book,
1857 |
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Saturday Evening
Post,
November 20, 1915
Artist : Leyendecker |
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