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That was seen as ironic because Jefferson had proclaimed a day of Thanksgiving while he was the governor of Virginia. By 1855, 16 states celebrated Thanksgiving (14 on the fourth Thursday of November, and two on the third). President Lincoln's first proclaimed days in April, October and November.
George Washington became the first president to proclaim a Thanksgiving holiday in 1789. In 1863, Abraham Lincoln codified the last Thursday of November as Thanksgiving, to be commemorated each year. In keeping with tradition, every President had declared a general day of thanksgiving to be observed on the last Thursday in November.
Proclamation of President Abraham Lincoln, October 3, 1863. [50] [53] Lincoln issued another proclamation of thanksgiving in October 1864, again for the last Thursday in November, after Union victories that included the fall of Atlanta and the capture of Mobile Bay. [54]
This is a month when Texas used to celebrate ... Rights Thanksgiving Day” on the last Thursday in November and ... President Abraham Lincoln proclaimed the first official Thanksgiving in 1863 ...
President Abraham Lincoln proclaimed a national Thanksgiving holiday in 1863 during the Civil War. In addition, President Lincoln proclaimed Thursday, Nov. 26, 1863, as Thanksgiving, the almanac said.
With President Abraham Lincoln's 1863 proclamation, Thanksgiving became regularly celebrated on the last Thursday in November, USA TODAY reports. The last Thursday in November 1939 fell on the ...
Holidays proclaimed in this way may be considered a U.S. "national observance", but it would be improper to refer to them as "federal holidays". Many of these observances designated by Congress are authorized under permanent law under Title 36, U.S. Code, in which cases the President is under obligation to issue an annual proclamation.
Sarah Josepha Hale wrote a letter to President Abraham Lincoln on September 28, 1863, requesting the last Thursday in November to be a day of Thanksgiving announced to the whole country. In ...