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as a day of public thanksgiving, 1, FERNANDO WOOD, Mayor of the City of New-York, do hereby recommend all good citizens to unite on the day thus set apart, in ascriptions of praise to the source ...

BOSTON (SHNS) – Whereas, After the first harvest in 1621, the Pilgrims broke bread, gave thanks, and celebrated in Plymouth, observing the first Thanksgiving thanks to the generosity and support of ...

A national holiday celebrated on the fourth Thursday of November, Thanksgiving Day has been an annual tradition in the United States since 1863.

3, 1789. Last week just before his departure for California President Hoover used its full text as the body of what he feared might be his own last Thanksgiving Day proclamation from the White House.

He can also be considered first in Thanksgiving Day. For years historians have given credit to President Abraham Lincoln’s proclamation on Oct. 3, 1863, when he called for a national day of ...

President George Washington issued a proclamation designating Nov ... In 1863, President Abraham Lincoln proclaimed a ...

Thanksgiving Day is always on the fourth Thursday in ... A few decades later, in 1863, President Abraham Lincoln issued a ...

On October 3, 1789, 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.