Franklin Roosevelt, in response to a request by the owner of the Lazarus department store chain for a set date to better accommodate the shopping season.
Why did president Abe Linccon move Thanksgiving day to the fourth thursday of November?
Abe Lincoln
Thanksgiving was Thursday, November 22nd, 2012.
On November 26, 1941, President Roosevelt signed a bill that established the fourth Thursday in November as Thanksgiving Day. Franklin Roosevelt was the thirty-second President of the United States.
Thanksgiving became an official Federal holiday on 26 November 1863. President Abraham Lincoln established that it would be celebrated on the last Thursday of every November.
Thanksgiving will be celebrated on Thursday, November 27, 2014.
Franklin D Roosevelt
Thanksgiving was Thursday, November 23, 1972.
President Franklin D. Roosevelt
November 27, 2008. Fourth Thursday of November, which is usually the last Thursday of the month, but not always.Below are Thanksgiving dates from other years:* Thursday, November 24, 2005 * Thursday, November 23, 2006 * Thursday, November 22, 2007 * Thursday, November 27, 2008 * Thursday, November 26, 2009 * Thursday, November 25, 2010 * Thursday, November 24, 2011 * Thursday, November 22, 2012 * Thursday, November 28, 2013 * Thursday, November 27, 2014 Note that these dates of thanksgiving is in U.S.A only, where they differ in Canada and some other countries.Thanksgiving is observed on the 4th Thursday of November. November 27th is the date for Thanksgiving Day in 2008 in the USA.
Thanksgiving Day in 1914 was on Thursday, November 26th.
Yes, it is if you look at your past and previous calendars!