Thanks-Giving Square

“Gerald Ford gave thanksgiving and gratitude new impetus as he achieved healing for our wounded nation, following the divisiveness and turmoil of the sixties and early seventies. In fact, he demonstrated the highest and finest quality of thankfulness for human beings – forgiveness.

It goes very simply: We are the children of one Creator, therefore we are brothers and sisters. As humans, we all make mistakes. Gerald Ford was incredibly aware of that. And knowing that, he also understood that brothers and sisters forgive each other’s mistakes.

President Ford is barely remembered and yet he deserves so much more. Our future as a true Thanks-Giving Square reflects through this remarkable and underestimated man.”

Located on a 3.5-acre site in the heart of downtown Dallas, Thanks-Giving Square — Home of American Thanksgiving — is a unique, inter-faith and multicultural site and research center. Its mission is to promote gratitude and Thanksgiving among all people and to use gratitude as a starting point for dialogue. With Thanksgiving as a common denominator among all faith and cultural traditions, Thanks-Giving Square is a serene and uplifting meeting place where all people can come together to better understand each other and promote their common welfare.

To learn more about Thanks-Giving Square, please visit their website: www.thanksgiving.org

Letter from President Gerald R. Ford

PICTURES from the 2009 Spirit of Thanks-Giving Award Dinner