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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.
Thanksgiving in Canada did not have a fixed date until the late 19th century. ... The first day after Thanksgiving Day—Black Friday—marks the start of the ...
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 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.
The National Thanksgiving Proclamation was the first presidential proclamation of Thanksgiving in the United States. At the request of Congress, President George Washington declared Thursday, November 26, 1789 as a day of public thanksgiving and prayer. [ 1 ]
How did Thanksgiving start? Most of what we know about early American settlers comes from the journal of William Bradford, the first governor of Plymouth, Massachusetts.
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 ...
In 1963, President John F. Kennedy started his Thanksgiving proclamation with the words "Over three centuries ago, our forefathers in Virginia and in Massachusetts, far from home in a lonely wilderness, set aside a time of thanksgiving," but did not identify the Massachusetts "time of thanksgiving" with the 1621 event. [25]