(PDF) Thanksgiving Day in the United States




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Summary: PDF Thanksgiving, or Thanksgiving Day, is a public holiday celebrated on the fourth Thursday of November in the US. Thanksgiving has been celebrated nationally on and off since 1789, after Congress requested a proclamation by George Washington. It has been celebrated as a federal holiday every year since 1863, when, during the American Civil War, President Lincoln proclaimed a national day of "Thanksgiving and Praise to our beneficent Father who dwelleth in the Heavens".