Abraham Lincoln issued America’s first Thanksgiving proclamation in a time of violence. The year was 1863, and the president found it appropriate to give thanks even though America was torn by ...

1789 — President George Washington issued the first Thanksgiving proclamation by the national government of the United States. His successors John Adams and James Madison also designated days of ...

The U.S. has recognized Thanksgiving since 1789 when President George Washington issued the first proclamation designating the first national day of Thanksgiving. It fell on Thursday, November 26 ...

Historians don’t know exactly which day the "first Thanksgiving ... of the Civil War to make Thanksgiving a formal, annual holiday. Lincoln issued his proclamation on Oct. 3, 1863, three ...

The first Thanksgiving was observed in Plymouth ... On October 3, 1789, George Washington issued his Thanksgiving proclamation, designating “a day of public thanks-giving” to be held on ...