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Thanksgiving (United States)

holiday celebrated in the United States on the fourth Thursday in November

6 dated entries naming Thanksgiving (United States), drawn from 6 separate years between 1621 CE and 1888 CE. Nothing here is written by us: each line is the sentence a Wikipedia year article used, and the link beside it opens the exact revision.

Also written as Thanksgiving Day (United States) in the source articles; Wikipedia redirects those to the same subject, so their entries are on this page.

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17th century

  • 1621October 9 (September 29 O.S.) – The Pilgrims of Plymouth Colony and Wampanoags celebrate a harvest feast (three days), later regarded as the First Thanksgiving, noted for the temporary peace between the English and the local Indians. The celebration is believed by later historians to have coincided with Michaelmas, observed on September 29 by the Anglican Communion on the calendar used in England at the time.source
  • 1623July 30 (probable date) – The second Thanksgiving is celebrated in Plymouth Colony.source

18th century

  • 1789November 26 – A national Thanksgiving Day is observed in the United States, as recommended by President George Washington and approved by Congress.source

19th century

  • 1863October 3 – U.S. President Abraham Lincoln proclaims a national Thanksgiving Day, to be celebrated on the final Thursday in November.source
  • 1870June 28 – American President Ulysses S. Grant signs an act making the United States Independence Day, Thanksgiving Day, Christmas Day and New Year's Day federal holidays in the United States.source
  • 1888November 29 – The celebration of Thanksgiving (United States) and the first day of Hanukkah coincide.source

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