President George Washington declared Thursday ... Presidents after Washington would also issue a proclamation for Thanksgiving, but the months and days Thanksgiving was celebrated varied.

“Thanksgiving is at the heart of America’s spirit of gratitude — of finding light in times of both joy and strife,” the ...

On October 3, 1789, George Washington issued his Thanksgiving proclamation, designating “a day of public thanks-giving” to be held on “Thursday the 26th day of November” that year.

At any rate, Thanksgiving has been held on a Thursday in November since George Washington’s presidency ... Lincoln issued his proclamation on Oct. 3, 1863, three months after Union Army ...