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Who was the president to established the Thanksgiving holiday and why?
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What holiday was established by president Lincoln during the civil war?
thanksgiving.
What do the president do to a turkey at thanksgiving?
who was the president that declared Thanksgiving a holiday
What does the president do a turkey at thanksgiving?
who was the president that declared Thanksgiving a holiday
What president was the first to proclaim Thanksgiving a holiday?
President Abraham Lincoln was the first to proclaim Thanksgiving a national holiday in 1863.
Whih American preident officially med thanksgiving day a holiday?
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.
What president said that thanksgiving was a national holiday?
President Abraham Lincoln .
What president officially celebrated Thanksgiving in1864?
President Abraham Lincoln made Thanksgiving a Federal Holiday in 1864.
Which US President did not want Thanksgiving to be a national holiday?
Thomas Jefferson is the president who scoffed at the idea of a national Thanksgiving day.
Which president declared thanksgiving to be an annual holiday?
Abraham Lincoln
Was Truman the first president to make thanksgiving a national holiday?
No. It was President Abraham Lincoln who made it a national holiday in 1863.
When did thanksgiving become a national holiday and who established it?
1863 Lincoln declared Thanksgiving a holiday.
Who was the lady that made Thanksgiving a holiday?
The lady that made Thanksgiving a holiday was Sara Josepha Hale. Sara successfully lobbied Abraham Lincoln and had Thanksgiving established as a holiday on November 26, 1863 by presidential proclamation.
