Lincoln Nationalized Thanksgiving . . . .

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"Nationalize as much as possible" to "make men love their country before their states.  All private interests, all local interests, all banking interests, the interests of individuals, everything, should be subordinate now to the interest of the Government."
–Senator John Sherman, 1863

http://www.lewrockwell.com/2013/11/thomas-dilorenzo/lincoln-nationalized-thanksgiving/