Washington believed that particular Thanksgiving in 1789 was a crucial occasion. He would use it to call on the people he now ...

Colonial Americans, including George Washington, celebrated countless "thanksgivings" throughout their lives – just not in the same way we do today.

Among our nation's "firsts" were the introduction of the separation of church and state and George Washington's proclamation for a "day of public thanksgiving and prayer." ...

Washington doesn’t impose that duty on the people. He acknowledges their desire, expressed through Congress, to fulfill this duty of gratitude. Washington orders those desires by clearly articulating ...

It was not even the first national Thanksgiving – which was held on Dec. 18, 1777, at then-General Washington’s behest. Nor was Thanksgiving yet a federal holiday to be observed every last Thursday of ...

Americans celebrate Thanksgiving on the fourth Thursday of November. This tradition evolved through presidential proclamations and legislative acts. President George Washington declared the first ...

Presidents after Washington also issued Thanksgiving proclamations, but the months and days Thanksgiving was celebrated ...

After the confusion, Congress decided on October 6, 1941, to give Thanksgiving a fixed date, declaring the fourth Thursday of ...

York County has put forth many interesting claims to fame over the years, some of which are hard to prove: York Fair is the ...

In 1789, George Washington issued a proclamation declaring Thursday, November 26, 1789, as a "day of public thanksgiving." ...