Pilgrims
Thomas Jefferson is the president who scoffed at the idea of a national Thanksgiving day.
Sarah Josepha Hale
louisa may alcott
Thanksgiving Day is not a national holiday in England.
1632 was the first day.
Because there is another question relating to Thanksgiving which leaves out significant information, I shall answer this one. Thanksgiving was declared a national holiday by Abraham Lincoln during his first term of office. Radical Republicans were Protestants. Thanksgiving was a Protestant feast day. Lincoln appeased his Republican allies by declaring the day a US Holiday.
Ben Franklin
William Bradford, William Bradford mentioned the first Thanksgiving with the Native Americans
Yes, the 1966 Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade was televised.
Thanksgiving Day.
Nov 25. Sometimes coincides with Thanksgiving in the US.
1864 was the second time it was celebrated as a national holiday.