Abraham Lincoln's 1863 Thanksgiving Proclamation Magazine editor Sarah Josepha Hale urged him to recognize Thanksgiving
Posted by By Robert McNamara published in ThoughtCo on Nov 23, 2021
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Robert McNamara
Updated January 27, 2019
Thanksgiving did not become a national holiday in the United States until the fall of 1863 when President Abraham Lincoln issued a proclamation d
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