An Annual Reminder of America’s Greatness

null Nov. 28, 2023 5:24 pm ET Photo: Getty ImagesEvery year since 1961, the Journal has run the same two editorials on the day before Thanksgiving. I have read them in their entirety for 54 years now. The brilliant work of the late Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Vermont Royster, they speak to the heart of America and the essence of our nation.One paragraph always stirs me: “We can remind ourselves that for all our social discord we yet remain the longest enduring society of free men governing themselves without benefit of kings or dictators. Being so, we are the marvel and the mystery of the world, for that enduring liberty is no less a blessing than the abundance of the earth.”Copyright ©2023 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved. 87990cbe856818d5eddac44c7b1cdeb8Sponsored OffersWalmart: Walmart Promo Code - $20 Off Any $50+ OrderAmerican Eagle Outfitters: Save an extra 30% at American Eagle*ASOS: ASOS Promo Code: 25% OffMichaels: Save extra 25% on sale items w/ Michaels co

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An Annual Reminder of America’s Greatness

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Nov. 28, 2023 5:24 pm ET

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Every year since 1961, the Journal has run the same two editorials on the day before Thanksgiving. I have read them in their entirety for 54 years now. The brilliant work of the late Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Vermont Royster, they speak to the heart of America and the essence of our nation.

One paragraph always stirs me: “We can remind ourselves that for all our social discord we yet remain the longest enduring society of free men governing themselves without benefit of kings or dictators. Being so, we are the marvel and the mystery of the world, for that enduring liberty is no less a blessing than the abundance of the earth.”