The Norman Rockwell classic, Freedom From Want, speaks volumes of the bounty that we have here in America. Even the poorest of the poor here are far richer than much of the rest of the world. Obesity is a far greater problem in America than is hunger. We have so much to be thankful for.
Do we really understand where our blessings come from? How many times do we off-handedly say “God bless you” without giving any thought to the fact that God HAS richly blessed us.
I want to point out one of the reasons that we have the freedom to celebrate Thanksgiving to our God – the men who have fought and died to preserve our freedom. As I was clearing out some of my father’s papers to clean up for our Thanksgiving Day dinner, I found a reminder of the sacrifice that generations past have made. This is the Thanksgiving Dinner menu for those aboard the U.S.S. Cumberland Sound, AV-17 in 1944.
Part of the crew of the U.S.S. Cumberland Sound, AV-17. My father is the officer in the front row on the right.
Lord of all pots and pans, without the Ship’s Cook, always hung in my mother’s kitchen and now hangs in mine at Dixieland. A most treasured piece.