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| THANKSGIVING DAY, legal
holiday in the U.S., first celebrated in early colonial
times in New England. The actual origin, however, is
probably the harvest festivals that are traditional in many
parts of the world. After the first harvest was completed by
the Plymouth colonists in 1621, Gov. William Bradford
proclaimed a day of thanksgiving and prayer, shared by all
the colonists and neighboring Indians. In 1623 a day of
fasting and prayer during a period of drought was changed to
one of thanksgiving because the rain came during the
prayers. Gradually the custom prevailed in New England of
annually celebrating thanksgiving after the harvest. During
the American Revolution a yearly day of national
thanksgiving was suggested by the Continental Congress. In
1817 New York State adopted Thanksgiving Day as an annual
custom, and by the middle of the 19th century many other
states had done the same. In 1863 President Abraham Lincoln
appointed a day of thanksgiving, and since then each
president has issued a Thanksgiving Day proclamation,
generally designating the fourth Thursday of November as a
holiday. Thanksgiving is a statutory holiday in Canada,
celebrated, since 1957, on the second Monday in October.
Observance of the day began in 1879. |
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