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Thanksgiving Day | Meaning, History, Facts | Britannica Thanksgiving Day is an annual national holiday in the United States and Canada celebrating the harvest and other blessings of the past year Americans generally believe that their Thanksgiving is modeled on a 1621 harvest feast shared by the European colonists (Pilgrims) of Plymouth and the Wampanoag people
Thanksgiving - Wikipedia History Prayers of thanks and special thanksgiving ceremonies are common among most religions after harvests and at other times of the year [1] The Thanksgiving holiday's history in North America is rooted in English traditions dating from the Protestant Reformation
Thanksgiving 2025 - Tradition, Origins Meaning | HISTORY It wasn’t until 1863, in the midst of the Civil War, that President Abraham Lincoln proclaimed a national Thanksgiving Day to be held on the last Thursday in November Americans have
Thanksgiving | Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History Abraham Lincoln issued this proclamation encouraging Americans to observe the last Thursday in November as a Day of Thanksgiving Explore the document and its history through this spotlight on a primary source
Thanksgiving Day: A Brief History - World History Encyclopedia The United States holiday of Thanksgiving is generally understood to be inspired by the harvest feast celebrated by the citizens of Plymouth Colony (later known as pilgrims) and the Native Americans of the Wampanoag Confederacy in the fall of 1621
Thanksgiving: From Local Harvests to National Holiday On October 3, 1863, buoyed by the Union victory at Gettysburg, President Lincoln proclaimed that November 26, would be a national Thanksgiving Day, to be observed every year on the fourth Thursday of November Only twice has a president changed the day of observation
Thanksgiving (United States) - Wikipedia Thanksgiving is a federal holiday in the United States celebrated on the fourth Thursday of November (which became the uniform date country-wide in 1941)
The Real History of Thanksgiving | Minerva’s Kaleidoscope Celebrating Thanksgiving with insights into interesting truths and popular myths about this uniquely American holiday, with related highlights from Library of Congress collections
How Did Thanksgiving Become a National Holiday? In its early history, Thanksgiving Day was more of a lightning rod for controversy than a unifying force in the United States The Continental Congress periodically issued Thanksgiving proclamations during the Revolutionary War, but after the U S federal government was established in 1789, Thanksgiving celebrations became contentious