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Lyndon B. Johnson

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Lyndon B. Johnson

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Auction Date:2011 Jan 12 @ 16:00 (UTC-5 : EST/CDT)
Location:5 Rt 101A Suite 5, Amherst, New Hampshire, 03031, United States
ALS - Autograph Letter Signed
ANS - Autograph Note Signed
AQS - Autograph Quotation Signed
AMQS - Autograph Musical Quotation Signed
DS - Document Signed
FDC - First Day Cover
Inscribed - “Personalized”
ISP - Inscribed Signed Photograph
LS - Letter Signed
SP - Signed Photograph
TLS - Typed Letter Signed
Printed uncirculated presidential proclamation, signed as president, “Lyndon B. Johnson,” 9.25 x 16.75, declaring a day of National Thanksgiving. In part: “They came in tiny wooden ships. On an unknown and alien shore, they planted and built, settled and survived. Then they gave solemn thanks to God for His goodness and bounty. America, well over 300 years ago had its first Thanksgiving Day.
For many years your Presidents have had the opportunity to proclaim Thanksgiving Day, to address themselves to the American people, to remind us of the blessings we enjoy and the thanks that we owe.
If we consider the fervor with which those colonists in Virginia and Massachusetts gave thanks, when they had so little, we are taught how much deeper should our thanks be - when we have so much …
No, we do not yet have peace in the world. Our men are engaged again, as they have been on so many other Thanksgivings, on a foreign field fighting for freedom, but we can be thankful for their strength that has always kept our liberty secure. We can be thankful for our science and technology that helps to guard our America …
Now, THEREFORE, I, LYNDON B. JOHNSON, President of the United States of America, in consonance with Section 6103 of Title of the United States Code designating the fourth Thursday of November in each year as Thanksgiving Day, do hereby proclaim Thursday, November 24, 1966, as a day of national thanksgiving.”

The proclamation is also signed and inscribed at the bottom, “To Philip D. Sang, with appreciation, Lyndon B. Johnson.” Archivally double matted and framed with a portrait of Johnson and a small name plaque to an overall size of 25.5 x 23.75. In fine, clean condition, with no seal, which apparently was never applied.

There seemed to be few things to be thankful for in 1966, especially as the ground war in Vietnam continued to escalate. It was a crisis that plainly was not lost on LBJ, who in his proclamation boldly confesses: “No, we do not yet have peace in the world. Our men are engaged again, as they have been on so many other Thanksgivings, on a foreign field fighting for freedom, but we can be thankful for their strength that has always kept our liberty secure.” Interesting presidential rallying cry during dark times for the nation here and abroad. Incidentally, the recipient of this unique piece and his wife—Philip and Elsie Sang—were well-known collectors of historic documents, the heads of the American Jewish Historical Society, and co-authors of the book, The Genesis of American Freedom. Oversized.
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