Watch the Thanksgiving speech by President Trump and fill in the missing words: President Trump Thanksgiving Message 2017 Speech.mp4 President Trump Thanksgiving Message 2017 Speech My fellow Americans, Milani and I would like to wish you a blessed and joyful Thanksgiving. Nearly 400 years ago, the pilgrims gathered with Native Americans to give thanks to their first harvest. Just over a year before in September of 1620, the pilgrims 1) __________________ the Mayflower to settle a new land where they could live and worship freely. They came to this continent with few 2) ____________ but rich in faith, courage and dreams. They 3) ___________ a treacherous voyage across the ocean and long days inside the ship's cabin as storms 4) ________ wild. Then when the pilgrims arrived at Plymouth, their first act was to pray. Soon they 5) _____________ through the months of bitter winter with the help of Squanto and the Wampanoag tribe. They survived and began to build a new home for their families. When their first Thanksgiving they came together to rejoice after their harvest and praise God for his provision . Since then, Americans have always remembered the blessings of freedom and the glory of God. In his first year as president, George Washington 6) ___________ a day of public Thanksgiving in prayer. He asked all citizens to united sincere and 7) ________ thanks for God's providence and the founding of our country. And 8) ___________________ the Civil War, President Lincoln made the last Thursday in November a national holiday. He called on Americans to come together with one heart and one voice to thank God for his gracious gifts and to ask him to 9) ______________________ of the nation and to 10) _________ it. Today we give thanks for all of the Pilgrims, pioneers and 11) _________ who have gone before us and for all those 12) _________ who have kept us safe and free. This week we know that thousands of men and women in 13) _________ won't be able to come home for Thanksgiving. They are standing watch around the world facing down our enemies and defending our great American flag. We are 14) __________ grateful for their courage, heroism and 15) ___________. We also thank Americans at home who served their fellow Americans in need of a helping hand; families who care for the sick, bring food to the hungry, and provide a loving home to children across the country. This year in the face of painful hardships, we have seen the incredible strength of the American spirit, neighbors helping neighbors, strangers helping strangers and citizens 16)___________________ those in need. We pray for the Americans impacted by the 17) _________________ storms and 18) __________ that 19) ________ our nation. We 20) ________ for the victims of the horrible shootings that stole so many innocent lives and we thank God for the police firefighters, paramedics and rescue workers who put themselves in harm's way to save others. The people of this nation come from all different backgrounds, but we are all one people and one American family. We all share the same heart, the same home and the same glorious destiny. And we are all bound together by the common bonds of love, 21) __________ and 22) ___________ that make our country into a wonderful home. Together we give thanks for the loved ones who grace our lives and for the heroes who protect our nation and we asked for God's continued blessings on this 23) _______________ land. Our country is doing very well. Our stock market has hit a new 24) _______________________ . 25) ________________________ is at a 17-year low. We've created five and a half trillion dollars worth of values. We are doing something very special. People are feeling it. The enthusiasm in this country has never been higher. We're very, very happy on this Thanksgiving Day. Thank you, God bless you and God bless America.