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 ...

President George Washington issued the first Thanksgiving Proclamation in 1789, ordering that November 26 be set aside as a day of “public thanksgiving and prayer” to acknowledge God’s ...

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 ...

It was the first time Thanksgiving was celebrated under the country's new Constitution. Presidents after Washington would ...

In 1817, New York became the first of several states to adopt the annual Thanksgiving holiday. A few decades later, in 1863, ...

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 ...