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Several Presidents, including George Washington, made one-time Thanksgiving holidays.

. Although the demand for making it a regular national holiday came in from various quarters, but of little impact. In 1827, Mrs. Sarah Joseph Hale began lobbying.

several Presidents for the proclamation of Thanksgiving as a national holiday. It didn't see success until 1863 when Abraham Lincoln finally made it a national holiday with his 1863 Thanksgiving Proclamation. Several Presidents, including George Washington, made one-time Thanksgiving holidays.

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