OPINION: Thanksgiving: A tradition forged in the hardest chapters of our history
Becky Funk
As Thanksgiving approaches, most of us focus on the familiar traditions of the food preparations and gathering of family and friends. But Thanksgiving is about something deeper. Two presidents, George Washington and Abraham Lincoln, understood that better than anyone. And their insights still matter today.
Both leaders called the nation to pause and give thanks not when life was calm, but when the country was strained and anxious about the future. That’s the part of Thanksgiving we often forget and the part we need most right now.
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