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When is Thanksgiving and why is it so late this year?On Sept. 28, 1789, Congress passed a resolution asking the president to recommend a day of thanksgiving to the nation. A few days later, President George Washington issued a proclamation naming ...
George Washington issued his Thanksgiving proclamation, designating “a day of public thanks-giving” to be held on “Thursday the 26th day of November” that year. Abraham Lincoln would later ...
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Here is why Thanksgiving is always on a ThursdayAccording to the U.S. National Archives, in 1789 President George Washington decreed ... In Oct. 1863 President Abraham Lincoln proclaimed Thanksgiving to be on the last Thursday of November.
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