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Was Truman the first president to make thanksgiving a national holiday?
No. It was President Abraham Lincoln who made it a national holiday in 1863.
WHO WAS THE FIRST PRESIDENT TO MAKE THANKSGIVING NATIONAL HOLIDAY?
Abraham Lincoln
Who was the was the first president to make thanksgiving a national holiday?
franklin rosevelt
What is the woman's name of who convinced Abraham Lincoln to make Thanskgiving a national holiday?
Sarah Joseph Hale lobbied President Abraham Lincoln for a National Holiday based on Thanksgiving.
What was the first state to make Thanksgiving a holiday?
AnswerWisconsin amd Plymouth were the first to make ThanksGiving a national hioliday.
What country celebrates the holiday called Thanksgiving in November?
Thanksgiving is a national holiday in the USA. It is celebrated on the third Thursday of November. During the time US President Lincoln was in office, he was pressured by Protestant religious leaders to make the traditional feast day of Protestants a national holiday. Since the overwhelming population in that time was some form of Protestantism, Lincoln made the day, Thanksgiving, a national holiday.
What president set the us Thanksgiving?
Lincoln proclaimed a national day of thanksgiving in 1863. Franklin Roosevelt got Congress to make Thanksgiving a federal holiday in 1941. FDR had the day moved up a week wnenever November had 5 Thursdays.[[Which president legalized thanksgiving&action=edit|]] [Discuss:Which_president_legalized_thanksgiving ] [javascript:getUpdates(1); ]Read more: [[Which president legalized thanksgiving#ixzz16ANW45R1|http://wiki.answers.com/Q/Which_president_legalized_thanksgiving#ixzz16ANW45R1]]
When did Lincoln make thanksgiving a holiday?
October 3, 1863.
What year did George Washington make thanksgiving a holiday?
1789
What year did the US make Thanksgiving a national holiday?
1863 :)
What year did George Washington make a thanksgiving a national holiday?
he didn't
When did Conress make Thanksgiving an official holiday?
December 26, 1941
