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Thanksgiving Day service for members of the United States Army Air Corps, held in a church in Cransley, Northamptonshire, England, November 23, 1944. Thanksgiving was founded as a religious observance for all the members of the community for a common purpose to give thanks to God.
Thanksgiving is a national holiday celebrated on various dates in October and November in the United States, Canada, Saint Lucia, Liberia, and unofficially in countries like Brazil, Germany and the Philippines. It is also observed in the Dutch town of Leiden and the Australian territory of Norfolk Island.
Evacuation Day on November 25 marks the day in 1783 when the British Army departed from New York City on Manhattan Island, after the end of the American Revolutionary War.In their wake, General George Washington triumphantly led the Continental Army from his headquarters north of the city across the Harlem River, and south through Manhattan to the Battery at its southern tip.
Sarah Josepha Hale wrote a letter to President Abraham Lincoln on September 28, 1863, requesting the last Thursday in November to be a day of Thanksgiving announced to the whole country. In ...
This year, we celebrate Thanksgiving on November 23, 2023—the date changes year to year but it always falls on the fourth Thursday of the month. That's been the rule since President Franklin ...
Remind us to appreciate our many material blessings. Most of all, remind us today and every day. To give thanks for your precious Son Jesus, And the s acrifice he made for us. To give us eternal ...
The National Thanksgiving Proclamation was the first presidential proclamation of Thanksgiving in the United States. At the request of Congress, President George Washington declared Thursday, November 26, 1789 as a day of public thanksgiving and prayer. [1] A National Proclamation of Thanksgiving had been issued by the Continental Congress in ...
So, given that there are five weeks in November, the holiday can sometimes arrive as early as November 22, or as late as November 28. In 2023, Thanksgiving Day is on Thursday, November 23. Last ...