Thanksgiving became a national holiday in 1863. Abraham Lincoln signed the proclamation making it so.
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Abraham Lincoln proclaimed the day a national holiday in 1863
Since President Abraham Lincoln made it a national holiday in 1863.
When the pilgrims celebrated their bountiful harvest, they did not realize that they were starting what was to become a yearly national holiday, but yes, we now consider their celebration the first Thanksgiving.
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Technically Washington did however it did not become a federal holiday with a set date until Lincoln.
Sarah Josepha Hale famously campaigned for Thanksgiving to become a holiday.
It became a national holiday in 1870 (June 26th)
== == Christmas was declared a national holiday by Ulysses S. Grant in 1870. It's Jesus' Birthday it has to be a holiday.
Parliament declared November 6, a day of national Thanksgiving in 1879. The customs of Thanksgiving were brought to Canada by Americans who wished to remain loyal to Britain and not participate in the American Revolutionary War. The first celebration of Thanksgiving in North America occurred in 1578 in a ceremony held by Martin Frobisher and crew in Newfoundland giving thanks for surviving a difficult sea journey.
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It was signed into law in December 1941, to be in effect from 1942.
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