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Congress requested a day of Thanksgiving on September 28, 1789. A set date was not established until Lincoln decided it would be the last Thursday of November, The holiday was officially set by Congress to be the fourth Thursday in November in 1941.
George Washington issued a proclamation naming November 26, 1789 as a "Day of Publick Thanksgivin"
After that various presidents designated various days.
Only much later, on October 6, 1941, did Congress designate a day as Thanksgiving.
Answer 2:
In 1941 the U.S. Congress passed legislation declaring the fourth Thursday of November each year to be the federal holiday of Thanksgiving Day. The bill was signed by President Franklin D. Roosevelt on December 26 of that year. There were many other, earlier declarations of Thanksgiving days, of various dates, dating back to the earliest Colonial times. But the above is the current controlling declaration nationally.
Congress passed legislation that made Thanksgiving a national holiday in 1941.
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It was declared a national holiday in America on October 3, 1863.
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Thanksgiving Day is not a national holiday in England.
the author of Mary had a little lamb was the woman who began working on making thanksgiving a national holiday on Thursday in November. no president approved until Lincoln who approved and made thanksgiving on the last Thursday of November.
canda is the first country to adopt Thanksgiving as a national holiday.
Lincoln.
President Abraham Lincoln was the first to proclaim Thanksgiving a national holiday in 1863.
1863 Lincoln declared Thanksgiving a holiday.
The first Thanksgiving was celebrated in 1621. The first Thanksgiving as a national holiday was 1863.
Yes. Although the dates have been changed several times it is a national holiday in the USA.
William Bradford, William Bradford mentioned the first Thanksgiving with the Native Americans
Thomas Jefferson is the president who scoffed at the idea of a national Thanksgiving day.
Thanksgiving was declared a national holiday in America on October 3, 1863 by president Abraham Lincoln.