Colonial Americans, including George Washington, celebrated countless "thanksgivings" throughout their lives – just not in ...

As the first president of the United States, George Washington proclaimed the first nationwide thanksgiving celebration in America, marking Nov. 26, 1789, “as a day of public thanksgiving and prayer, ...

Among our nation's "firsts" were the introduction of the separation of church and state and George Washington's proclamation for a "day of public thanksgiving and prayer." ...

The first President of the United States, George Washington, designated this date as a “Day of National Thanksgiving”. The next president to issue a Thanksgiving proclamation was the 16th President of ...

Whereas it is the duty of all Nations to acknowledge the providence of Almighty God, to obey his will, to be grateful for his benefits, and humbly to implore his protection and favor—and whereas both ...

Congress stepped in two years later. After debate over which week made the most sense, lawmakers voted in 1941 to fix the holiday on the fourth Thursday of November, a compromise between the old ...

Thanksgiving is celebrated on the fourth Thursday of November each year in the United States. The first national Thanksgiving was declared by President George Washington in 1789. Congress officially ...