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Abraham Lincoln, the 16th President, issued the first official proclamation that made Thanksgiving an annual national holiday.
The first three words of the First Thanksgiving proclamation, issued by President Abraham Lincoln in 1863, are "The year that." This proclamation called for a national day of Thanksgiving to be celebrated on the last Thursday in November.
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President George Washington issued the first official government proclamation of Thanksgiving in 1789. President Abraham Lincoln made it a yearly official national holiday in 1863.
As President, on October 3, 1789, George Washington made the proclamation
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As President of the United States, George Washington proclaimed the first nationwide thanksgiving celebration in the US.
The first U.S. President, George Washington [February 22, 1732-December 14, 1799], was first to issue a proclamation of a national Day of Thanksgiving. The Washington Proclamation was issued on October 3, 1789. The second U.S. President to issue a proclamation to the same effect was 16th U.S. President Abraham Lincoln [February 12, 1809-April 15, 1865]. The Lincoln Proclamation was issued on October 3, 1865. The 32nd U.S. President, Franklin Delano Roosevelt [January 30, 1882-April 12, 1954], didn't issue a proclamation. He instead saw to it that the day became a federal holiday by law [55 Stat 862] of December 26, 1941.
George Washington [February 22, 1732-December 14, 1799] declared Thanksgiving a national holiday. He issued his proclamation on October 3, 1789. He asked that the celebrations be held on November 26th.But Thanksgiving as a national holiday just didn't take off. Its observance required the efforts of two more presidents to become a reality. Abraham Lincoln [February 12, 1809-April 15, 1865] issued a similar proclamation on October 3, 1863. The Lincoln Proclamation was more successful and longer lasting than the Washington Proclamation. But it was 32nd U.S. President Franklin Delano Roosevelt [January 30, 1882-April 12, 1945] who finally succeeded in making Thanksgiving a permanent fixture in the nation's life. Thanksgiving became a federal holiday, with the passage of 55 Stat 862 of December 26, 1941.
President Dwight D. Eisenhower issued the first Veterans Day Proclamation.
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George washington made thanksgiving a annual holiday