[Resolution Declaring 2007 the Year of Thanksgiving in Dallas County, Texas] Page: 1 of 2

                                
DATE: November 16, 2007
STATE OF TEXAS
COUNTY OF DALLAS

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President George Washington saw gratitude essential to our liberty and in 1789 made
Thanksgiving his Presidential Proclamation Number One; and
in 1907 six clergy and an overflow crowd started "Thanksgiving Together" with the message to
"love your neighbor" and carried that message on a half century through wars and depressions to
1957; and
Thanks-Giving Square would not be possible without the diligent work and tireless efforts of
clergy, educators and business people who proposed in 1969 a place of Thanksgiving, which has
spread nationally Ghd worldwide in the United Nations International Year of Thanksgiving 2000
with the spiral Glory window as the World symbol; and
Thanks-Giving Square was designed by world architect Phillip Johnson, opening in 1977 and
featuring many uniquely designed areas for meditation and reflection, mirroring the goals first
proposed by President George Washington and providing a locale for all faiths and cultures; and
Thanks-Giving Square is home to many architectural works of art including The Glory Window,
Great Bells of Thanksgiving, Meditation Garden, Thanksgiving Monoliths, Court of All Nations,
Wall of Praise, Ring of Thanks, and the Chapel of Thanksgiving; and
Thanks-Giving Square serves as a vital national symbol for the over 200-year-old tradition of
thanksgiving in America and a center for world Thanksgiving; and
Thanks-Giving Square offers a place to witness, to celebrate and to promote the value and spirit of
thanksgiving for our youth and humanity

NOW, THEREFORE, I, MARGARET KELIHER, County Judge of Dallas County, and on behalf of the
Dallas County Commissioners Court, do hereby proclaim 2007 as the
YEAR OF THANKSGIVING
THANKS-GIVING SQUARE
in Dallas County, Texas.
SIGNED this the 16th day of November, 2007.
Ma garet eliher, County Judge

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