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"Thanksgiving Day Parade", a song by Dan Bern on his album New American Language (2001). "Thanksgiving Day", a song by Ray Davies on his album Other People's Lives (2006). "We Gather Together" (1597), a hymn of Dutch origin written by Adrianus Valerius. "We Plough the Fields and Scatter" (1782), a hymn of German origin written by Matthias Claudius.
The double Thanksgiving continued for two more years, and then on December 26, 1941, Roosevelt signed a joint resolution of Congress changing the official national Thanksgiving Day to the fourth Thursday in November starting in 1942 (there are usually four but sometimes five Thursdays in November, depending on the year).
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 ]
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.
The NFL Thanksgiving logo used for 2016; the year is updated annually, with the new NFL shield being used for the first time in 2008. Since its inception in 1920, the National Football League (NFL) has played games on Thanksgiving Day, patterned upon the historic playing of college football games on or around the November holiday.
Observances based on the date of Thanksgiving (United States) (15 P) Pages in category "Thanksgiving (United States)" The following 29 pages are in this category, out of 29 total.
The National Thanksgiving Turkey Presentation is a ceremony that takes place at the White House every year shortly before Thanksgiving. The president of the United States is presented with a live domestic turkey by the National Turkey Federation (NTF), usually a male of the Broad Breasted White variety.
Thanksgiving Day was made a national holiday in the mid-19th century, and the importance of the day and its centerpiece family meal has become a widely observed American tradition, with the meal consisting of roast turkey (or substitute) and many sides being central part of the holiday.