LET'S REMEMBER THE MEANING OF THANKSGIVING DAY - Raymond F McNair - November 1976

Raymond F McNair

As we prepare to celebrate our Bicentennial Thanksgiving day, do we Americans realize the real source and the true extent of our many blessings? Have we Americans carelessly forgotten the real meaning of Thanksgiving day? Truly no other nation in the history of the world has been so greatly blessed as the United States of America. Consider these facts: In 1776 there were one and a half million people living in the Thirteen Colonies. Today there are 215 million. The annual gross national product (GNP) of those colonies was less than $3 billion, whereas the total GNP of the U.S. now exceeds $1,500 billion - $1.5 trillion. And remember, the total annual GNP of the entire world is only about $4 trillion. This means that the U.S. produces a third of all the world's gross national product. - Information Supplied By: Herbert W Armstrong Library