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Thanksgiving is a federal holiday in the United States celebrated on the fourth Thursday of November (which became the uniform date country-wide in 1941). [2] [3] Outside the United States, it is sometimes called American Thanksgiving to distinguish it from the Canadian holiday of the same name and related celebrations in other regions.
When did Thanksgiving become a national holiday? More than 160 years after the 1621 feast, President George Washington declared Nov. 26, 1789, as a day of prayer and thanksgiving.
Thanksgiving is a national holiday celebrated on various dates in October and November in the United States, Canada, Saint Lucia, Liberia, and unofficially in countries like Brazil and Germany. It is also observed in the Australian territory of Norfolk Island.
Thanksgiving did not become an official tradition after the first Thanksgiving feast. It wasn't until centuries later, in 1863, that President Lincoln declared it a national holiday.
Here's what really happened and the truth about some commonly held Thanksgiving myths. The post The Real History of Thanksgiving appeared first on Reader's Digest.
Thanksgiving might seem like a day with a simple message of togetherness, but the history about the holiday is vague. Much of the known information about what’s widely regarded as the first ...
English academic Godfrey Hodgson in his 2006 book, A Great and Godly Adventure: The Pilgrims and the Myth of the First Thanksgiving, suggests that calling the 1621 harvest feast a thanksgiving feast would be inaccurate, as although the Pilgrims did celebrate days of thanksgiving, the 1621 event is not referred to as such in any primary ...
When did Thanksgiving become a federal holiday? Author and editor Sarah Josepha Hale persuaded President Abraham Lincoln to proclaim Thanksgiving a national holiday in 1863. This is a Nov. 26 ...