answersLogoWhite

0

President Lincoln declared Thanksgiving a holiday in 1863.

User Avatar

Wiki User

13y ago

What else can I help you with?

Related Questions

On what year did congress make thanksgiving the 4th Thursday of November?

cole dalferes


Abraham Lincoln declared Thankgiving a national holiday in what year?

According to historians, President Abraham Lincoln declared Thanksgiving a national holiday in the fall of 1863 after Sarah Hale sent letters to him concerning the significance of the first thanksgiving event.


Which president made the first Thanksgiving day proclamation?

George Washington declared Thanksgiving a national holiday in 1789. However, the Continental Congress (president John Hanson) made the first actual national proclamation on March 16, 1776. The following year, a national day of prayer and thanksgiving was observed on December 16, 1777. The date of Thursday, November 26, 1789 was the date used by Washington, following the precedent of Thursday, November 28, 1782. The annual observance was established by Abraham Lincoln in 1863, and observed each year since then.


What year was the first Presidential Thanksgiving Day proclamation?

The first Presidential Thanksgiving day proclamation was on 1863.


Who is Abraham Lincoln's father what year was Abraham Lincoln president when did Abraham Lincoln die where was Abraham Lincoln killed why did they kill Abraham Lincoln?

They killed him because he set slaves free and He was killed in ford Theater


What year was Thanksgiving started as a national holiday?

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.


What year did Abraham die?

Abraham Lincoln died in 1865 by an assassination.


What year was Abraham Lincoln elected?

1860


What year was Abraham Lincoln was assasignated?

1865


Abraham Lincoln's year in the White House?

Abraham Lincoln served as president of the United States from 1861 to 1865.


What is the birthday year and birthplace of Abraham Lincoln?

President Abraham Lincoln was born 12feb1809, near Hodgenville, Kentucky


How much money does Abraham Lincoln make a year?

Abraham Lincoln makes roughly Zero US dollars per year because he is dead.