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In 1789 President George Washington proclaimed Thanksgiving Day as the last Thursday in November. In 1941, the United States [[Congress]] passed a resolution decreeing that Thanksgiving should fall on the fourth Thursday of November.  Thanksgiving Day proclamations have traditionally been given by the Presidents of the United States of America <ref>http://www.thanksgivingworld.com/thanksgiving-proclamations/index.html</ref>

In 1789 President George Washington proclaimed Thanksgiving Day as the last Thursday in November.<ref>Watts, Lathan (November 28, 2019). [https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/lathan-watts-what-george-washington-was-thankful-for-might-shock-you What George Washington was thankful for might shock you]. ''Fox News''. Retrieved November 28, 2019.</ref> In 1941, the United States [[Congress]] passed a resolution decreeing that Thanksgiving should fall on the fourth Thursday of November.  Thanksgiving Day proclamations have traditionally been given by the Presidents of the United States of America <ref>http://www.thanksgivingworld.com/thanksgiving-proclamations/index.html</ref>

Although the day after Thanksgiving is not a national holiday, it is a holiday in some states and is commonly also a holiday in private business, with the notable exception of the retail industry, as the day after Thanksgiving is the traditional start of the Christmas shopping season.

Although the day after Thanksgiving is not a national holiday, it is a holiday in some states and is commonly also a holiday in private business, with the notable exception of the retail industry, as the day after Thanksgiving is the traditional start of the Christmas shopping season.

==Colonial==

==Colonial==

The earliest Thanksgivings were celebrated by Americans who were keenly aware that their blessings—like their rights—came from God. In times of hardship unimaginable to us today, they took time to give thanks to their Creator. The event is commemorated by a national holiday in November with its origins in [[Virginia]] at Berkeley Plantation on December 4, 1619. The first Thanksgiving was a religious celebration—an occasion to thank [[God]]—that featured only a modest meal. It wasn't until two years later, in 1621, that Thanksgiving was expanded to include a banquet by the [[Pilgrims]] in [[Massachusetts]]. Thanksgiving was the first uniquely American holiday.

The earliest Thanksgivings were celebrated by Americans who were keenly aware that their blessings—like their rights—came from God. In times of hardship unimaginable to us today, they took time to give thanks to their Creator. The event is commemorated by a national holiday in November with its origins in [[Virginia]] at Berkeley Plantation on December 4, 1619. The first Thanksgiving was a religious celebration—an occasion to thank [[God]]—that featured only a modest meal. It wasn't until two years later, in 1621, that Thanksgiving was expanded to include a banquet by the [[Pilgrims]] in [[Massachusetts]]. Thanksgiving was the first uniquely American holiday, and it exhibited the values of what would become [[American values]].<ref>Kraychik, Robert (November 28, 2019). [https://www.breitbart.com/radio/2019/11/28/historian-wilfred-mcclay-thanksgiving-established-fundamental-american-values-centuries-before-1776/ Historian Wilfred McClay: Thanksgiving Established Fundamental American Values Centuries Before 1776]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved November 28, 2019.</ref>

==Washington==

==Washington==