Every fourth Thursday in November,
American families gather in their homes to give
thanks for the many blessings they enjoy. We call
this holiday “Thanksgiving,” and it
is one of the most important holidays of our year.
Gratitude is a powerful part
of our culture. Our country’s earliest European
settlers began this tradition in 1621, to give thanks
for the food they caught and cultivated. History
tells us that they celebrated with the indigenous
Americans who taught them how to grow corn and catch
game in the New World.
This year, as always, I have many things
to be grateful for. I am especially thankful to be the U.S. Ambassador to Uruguay and to have the chance to serve
and live in your country. As I travel throughout this great
country as well as the U.S., I observe that the people of
both countries have much to be thankful for.
![Ambassador Frank E. Baxter [U.S. Embassy photo by Vince Alongi]](../07_images/07-488a.jpg)
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