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Thanksgiving for 2009 fell on Thursday, November 26. By law, Thanksgiving is a federal holiday that falls on the fourth Thursday of each November.
Thanksgiving, by law, is celebrated on the 4th Thursday of November each year.
Every year. That is the date of Thanksgiving by law. It doesn't change.
Abraham Lincoln declared Thanksgiving a holiday in 1863, and it became an annual event. It wasn't recognized by a national law until Franklin D. Roosevelt signed it into law in December 1941.
Yes, your parents should invite your mother-in-law to Thanksgiving dinner because she is part of the family. To leave her alone in your home while you go to your parents would be lonely and sad for your mother-in-law. Thanksgiving is to be thankful for the things we have and that includes family especially.
It was signed into law in December 1941, to be in effect from 1942.
In Canada, it is the second Monday in October. In the US, it is the fourth Thursday of November.
No, Kmart, Walmart & other retailers to shallow to allow their employees a with their families will be closed BY State Law in Maine, Vermont, Massachuettes & Rhode Island on Thanksgiving Day and Christmas Day. It should be law in all 50 states!
Thanksgiving was first proclaimed as a national holiday Abraham Lincoln, in 1863 during the US Civil War. This was set by law in 1941. (see related question)
President Franklin Roosevelt made the fourth Thursday in November the official day for Thanksgiving because he thought it would give the economy a boost. He signed it in to law officially in 1941.
Thanksgiving was celebrated first by American colonist! ! ! ! ! ! !