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A writer, Sarah Josepha Hale, who is best known for the poem "Mary Had a Little Lamb", is credited for persuading Abraham Lincoln to name Thanksgiving as a national holiday. Lincoln officially designated the last Thursday in November as Thanksgiving in 1863.
Actually the support for this came from a wider group of people, not just a single individual. Evangelical Christians pressed US President Lincoln to make the Protestant feast day of Thanks Giving a national holiday.
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Was Lincoln the first president to proclain Thanksgiving as a nationwide holiday?
Yes, Abraham Lincoln introduced Thanksgiving as a national holiday in America on October 3, 1863.
What president created Thanksgiving?
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
Which president first proclaimed that the US have a Thanksgiving Day?
Technically Washington did however it did not become a federal holiday with a set date until Lincoln.
Who was the president that made Thanksgiving a legal holiday in 1816?
I believe it to be Lincoln in 1863.
Who declared Thanksgiving a US 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.
What president said that thanksgiving was a national holiday?
President Abraham Lincoln .
What president was the first to proclaim Thanksgiving a holiday?
President Abraham Lincoln was the first to proclaim Thanksgiving a national holiday in 1863.
Which president appointed the national holiday of Thanksgiving in 1863?
Abraham Lincoln.
What US president appointed a national day of thanksgiving?
Abraham Lincoln
WHO WAS THE FIRST PRESIDENT TO MAKE THANKSGIVING NATIONAL HOLIDAY?
Abraham Lincoln
In 1863 this president declared the first national day of thanksgiving?
lincoln
What president declared the first thanksgiving day?
In the middle of the US Civil War, President Abraham Lincoln, prompted by a series of editorials written by Sarah Hale, proclaimed a national Thanksgiving Day, to be celebrated on the final Thursday in November 1863. It has been celebrated anually since. However President George Washington was the first President to issue a Proclamation that declared a National Day of Thanksgiving on October 3, 1789.
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.
Was Lincoln the first president to proclain Thanksgiving as a nationwide holiday?
Yes, Abraham Lincoln introduced Thanksgiving as a national holiday in America on October 3, 1863.
Who was the was the first president to make thanksgiving a national holiday?
franklin rosevelt
Which day was Thanksgiving declared?
Thanksgiving was declared a national holiday in America on October 3, 1863 by the then president Abraham Lincoln.
What president created Thanksgiving?
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
