America: Remembering a Foundation of Providence

In honor of the 402nd anniversary of the original feast the Pilgrims shared with the Wampanoag tribe to give thanks, here's a reading I recorded a couple of years ago. It's "The Story of The Pilgrims and the First Thanksgiving" by Bella Koral, along with a reading of 'The Mayflower Compact', and 'The Landing of the Pilgrim Fathers' (a short poem by Felicia Dorothea Hemans).

By President Boyd K Packer (President of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles)
Adapted from a General Conference address in Oct 2008
Printed in Nov 2008 Ensign magazine
https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/general-conference/2008/10/the-test?lang=eng

By President Ezra Taft Benson
Adapted from an address delivered at a BYU Devotional on Sep 16, 1986
Printed in Sep 1987 Ensign magazine
https://speeches.byu.edu/talks/ezra-taft-benson/constitution-heavenly-banner/

By Elder N Eldon Tanner (First Counselor in the First Presidency)
Adapted from a General Conference address in Apr 1976
Printed in May 1976 Ensign magazine
https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/general-conference/1976/04/if-they-will-but-serve-the-god-of-the-land?lang=eng

By Elder Paul H Dunn (First Council of the Seventy)
Adapted from a General Conference address in Oct 1975
Printed in Nov 1975 Ensign magazine
https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/general-conference/1975/10/oh-beautiful-for-patriot-dream?lang=eng

By Elder L Tom Perry (Quorum of the Twelve Apostles)
Adapted from an address delivered on Feb 24, 1976 at BYU
Printed in Jul 1976 Ensign magazine
speeches.byu.edu/talks/l-tom-perry/church-american-bicentennial/