It was signed into law in December 1941, to be in effect from 1942.
The first Thanksgiving was celebrated in 1621. The first Thanksgiving as a national holiday was 1863.
In 1776 the 4th of July was declared a federal holiday.
Because there is another question relating to Thanksgiving which leaves out significant information, I shall answer this one. Thanksgiving was declared a national holiday by Abraham Lincoln during his first term of office. Radical Republicans were Protestants. Thanksgiving was a Protestant feast day. Lincoln appeased his Republican allies by declaring the day a US Holiday.
July 4th, 1776 ------------------------------ The first law passed by the U.S. Congress recognizing July 4 as a federal holiday was signed into law on June 28, 1870.
The Pilgrims landed in the future state of Massachusetts on December 1620. So they missed that year's harvest. Thanksgiving was an outgrowth of the widespread celebration of thanks for the harvest throughout many places and times. That celebration therefore was held the following year, in 1621.
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1941.
In the year 2009, Thanksgiving Day is celebrated on November 26th. The day of thanks is to be observed on the fourth Thursday of November in the United States of America. That predictability is given to the holiday by its status as a federal holiday. The law that gave the day the status of a federal holiday was passed on December 26, 1941 [55 Stat 862].
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In the year 2015 the Thanksgiving holiday will be on Thursday November 26th.
In the year of 3443 the holiday of Thanksgiving will be on Thursday November 23rd.
The first Thanksgiving was celebrated in 1621. The first Thanksgiving as a national holiday was 1863.
What year did labor day become a federal holiday
1789
1799 was declared
1863