Who made Thanksgiving a holiday?
A holiday is a day on which individuals aren't expected to
follow usual or even any work schedules. The day is supposed to
honor a particular event or person. So Thanksgiving was made a
holiday through the national proclamation of 16th U.S. President
Abraham Lincoln [February 12, 1809-April 15, 1865]. The
Lincoln Proclamation of Thanksgiving Day was issued on October 3,
1863. Subsequently, under the efforts of 32nd U.S. President
Franklin Delano Roosevelt [January 30, 1882-April 12, 1945],
Thanksgiving Day became a federal holiday [55 Stat 862] in
1941.