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Why Thursday? Because President Washington wanted it that way. Back in 1789, President George Washington declared Thursday, November 26, to be a national holiday of Thanksgiving. This was the first official American Thanksgiving to be held as a holiday. Thanksgiving was then held every year on the last Thursday of November. (Before that, different colonies, then states, held thanksgiving when they wanted.) In 1939, President Franklin D. Roosevelt declared that Thanksgiving would be the second-to-last Thursday of November rather than the last. Why? Because that gave more shopping days between Thanksgiving and Christmas.
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Which us president specified that thanksgiving would fall on the last Thurday of November?
Abraham Lincoln
Which president first declared a national day of Thanksgiving?
American president Abraham Lincoln first declared Thanksgiving a national day on October 3, 1863. He declared that the last thurday in November would be observed as Thanksgiving day.
When was jcpenney found?
In thurday
What day of the week was on May 7 1970?
Thurday
What day of the week was June 13 1974?
Thurday
What day of the week was October 13 1960?
Thurday
What day of the week is August 19 1971?
Thurday.
What day of the week was October 14 1999?
it was on a thurday
Is it Monday tomorrow?
Yes, June 19th, 2014 is a thurday.
What day of the week will Christmas be on in 2009?
If a leap year: thurday If not: Friday
When is bugsy missing from the gym?
Thurday afternoons (he's in Viridian Forest)
Can Catholics eat meat on Holy Thurday?
Roman Catholic AnswerYes.
