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 November 22, 1945 THANKSGIVING DAY Aboard The Frederick Victory At Sea Longitude 47 13' Latitude 43 08' I think this Thanksgiving Day dinner program was printed on Encil's trip home from Europe after World War II. This first page is the actual page. The following are a transcription of what was on the pages. |
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S. S. Frederick Victory – Bound For Home We thank Thee too for our being Homeward Bound at this time, and for our Moms and Pops, our brothers and sisters, our sweethearts, our wives and children. We pause in our Thanksgiving to ask Thy blessing for the wounded, for the suffering and starving, and for the loved ones of those who gave their lives for their country. And last, but no least, we thank Three for the greatest of all gifts – Thy beloved Son, the Lord Jesus Christ, even "Him who bore our sins in His body on the tree". And we praise Thee that Thou are ever offering to men salvation and forgiveness and cleansing to those who come to Him, for Thy Holy Word says, "Him that cometh to Me, I will in no wise cast out". Amen William C. Floge, Jr. Ch (1st Lt) U. S. A. Transport Chaplain |
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Chilled Celery Queen Olives Tomato Soup Roast Young Turkey * Dressing * Giblet Gravey Cranberry Sauce Buttered Green Peas Candied Sweet Potatoes Mincemeat Pie Ice Cream Oranges Preserves Coffee Butter and Bread Assorted Nuts |
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Home of American Patriots In 1765 the judges of the Frederick County Court were the first in American to repudiate the British Stamp Act. In 1775 Thomas Johnson nominated George Washington for Commander-in-Chief of the Continental arm, and while the first Governor of the state of Maryland (March 1777 – November 1779) he supplied General George Washington troops with food and equipment which saved them from disaster. John Hanson served one year (November, 1781 – November, 1782) as the first president of the United States in Congress Assembled under the Articles of Confederation. On September14, 1814, Francis Scott Key wrote the words to "The Star Spangled Banner", our National Anthem. Roger Brooks Taney, fifth Chief Justice of the United States (1836 – 1864), delivered the decision of the Supreme Court in the Dred Scott case on March 6, 1857. Barbara Fritchie, nearly 96 years old when Stone Wall Jackson's troops marched passed her home in September, 1862, was immortalized by Whittier. On July 3, 1898, Winfield Scott Schley commanded the American Squadron which destroyed the Spanish fleet at Santiago. In 1917, after the United Sates entered the first World War, William Tyler Page wrote the American Creed. In 1944 the first victory ship launched in Maryland in the second world war was named the "Frederick Victory" in recognition of the patriotism of Frederick's sons and daughters. |
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