Thanksgiving Souvenir Program, November 29, 1906

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First Baptist Church (Lexington, Va.)
National Day of Prayer and Thanksgiving
Thanksgiving Day
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This is a printed brochure entitled Thanksgiving Souvenir. It was issued by the First Baptist Church, Lexington, Virginia for the service on November 29, 1906. The first page of the brochure includes the date, November twenty-ninth, MCMVI. Rev. W. J. Lucas is listed as the Pastor. The choir members are listed: Mr. J. D. Lewis, Mr. Stewart Mack, Mr. Perry Robinson, Mr. James Gooch, Mrs. Nellie Lewis, Miss Emily J. Holloway, Miss Ollie Gooch, Miss Martha Carpenter, Miss Kissie E. Pryor, Miss Ecelean Gilliam, Miss Ruth E. Gilliam, Miss Rosa Tinsley. Miss Amanda J. James is listed as the Organist and Music Director. The first page of the double-page spread is given over to a reprinting of Theodore Roosevelt's Thanksgiving Proclamation of October 22, 1906. The second page of the double-page spread has a section on "The American Citizen and His Goodly Heritage" and a section on "What are Some of the Duties Devolving Upon an American Citizen?" This last page of the brochure has a section titled, "Our Goodly Heritage."