The first national holiday will celebrate it’s 227th anniversary this year.
It was declared by President George Washington by Presidential proclamation
on November 29, 1789 as Thanksgiving Day.
Both houses of Congress, by their joint committee, had requested him to
recommend “a day of public thanksgiving and prayer,” to be observed by
acknowledging with grateful hearts the man and signal favors of Almighty
God, especially by affording them an opportunity to peaceably establish
a form of government for their safety and happiness.
President Abraham Lincoln changed the date of the holiday to the last
Thursday in November in 1863.
In 1939, President Franklin D. Roosevelt moved it to the fourth Thursday
in November where we celebrate it today.
Happy Thanksgiving!
Here’s hoping you all have a very blessed and happy
Thanksgiving. We hope you will all take
just a few moments and give thanks for the many blessings of life, not the
least of which is living here in these United States. We have much to thank God for.
Bob and Johnye
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