#1.- Because it is important to spend time with your family.
#2.- Celebrated in Canada and the US, thanks is given for the bountiful harvest.
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The first Thanksgiving was celebrated in 1621. The first Thanksgiving as a national holiday was 1863.
Yes, Abraham Lincoln introduced Thanksgiving as a national holiday in America on October 3, 1863.
AnswerWisconsin amd Plymouth were the first to make ThanksGiving a national hioliday.
Thanksgiving is a national holiday in the USA. It is celebrated on the third Thursday of November. During the time US President Lincoln was in office, he was pressured by Protestant religious leaders to make the traditional feast day of Protestants a national holiday. Since the overwhelming population in that time was some form of Protestantism, Lincoln made the day, Thanksgiving, a national holiday.
The president that declared Thanksgiving is George Bush cause his family was Indian and he was Pilgrim so the family together made a holiday named thanksgiving...... Hope that answers your question
Thanksgiving Day is not a national holiday in England.
canda is the first country to adopt Thanksgiving as a national holiday.
Lincoln.
1863 Lincoln declared Thanksgiving a holiday.
President Abraham Lincoln was the first to proclaim Thanksgiving a national holiday in 1863.
The first Thanksgiving was celebrated in 1621. The first Thanksgiving as a national holiday was 1863.
Yes. Although the dates have been changed several times it is a national holiday in the USA.
William Bradford, William Bradford mentioned the first Thanksgiving with the Native Americans
Thomas Jefferson is the president who scoffed at the idea of a national Thanksgiving day.
Thanksgiving was declared a national holiday in America on October 3, 1863 by president Abraham Lincoln.
since 1863
Thanksgiving Day.