US EditionThanksgiving is a treasured holiday
By 1945, Thanksgiving became a fixed national holiday after decades of date disputes influenced by merchants and politics, with churches and families embracing the tradition.
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Thanksgiving is a treasured holiday
Early colonists celebrated their good fortune of bountiful harvest at the end of the growing and reaping season. It became a festive and religious occasion. Legislators of many states established a day for giving thanks in following years but the dates were not uniform and it wasn’t celebrated to the same degree. President Abe Lincoln proclaimed Thanksgiving Day as a new national holiday in 1863. At first southerners looked upon it as a Yankee h…
Thanksgiving is a treasured holiday
Early colonists celebrated their good fortune of bountiful harvest at the end of the growing and reaping season. It became a festive and religious occasion. Legislators of many states established a day for giving thanks in following years but the dates were not uniform and it wasn’t celebrated to the same degree. President Abe Lincoln proclaimed Thanksgiving Day as a new national holiday in 1863. At first southerners looked upon it as a Yankee h…
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