who was the president that declared Thanksgiving a holiday
who was the president that declared Thanksgiving a holiday
who was the president that declared Thanksgiving a holiday
He pardons the turkey prior to Thanksgiving and then has a Thanksgiving feast to celebrate it.
The President
Abraham Lincoln
George H W Bush was the first president to officially pardon a turkey at Thanksgiving in 1989.
One turkey .
In 1863, President Lincoln sent turkeys to the troops. The original thanksgiving is real, it just didn't consist of turkey, as many think.
It has become customary for the President to pardon a turkey at Thanksgiving and send it to a farm or zoo to live out its years.
In Turkey they don't celebrate thanksgiving.
no thanksgiving didnt come from turkey because thanksgiving is a holiday in USA