The contemporary date of fourth Thursday of November was set in by federal legislation. Thanksgiving is a great time to be thankful and appreciate who you have and what you have. It is a time for families to meet, socialize and enjoy each other's company, sometimes the only opportunity in a year.
Some prefer it to Christmas because of less emphasis on consumerism. Thanksgiving, for most, is also a start of a four day weekend which is great, too. The rule of declaring the final Thursday of November as Thanksgiving Day was followed until [6].
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Federal law established Thanksgiving Day as a national holiday celebrated on the fourth Thursday in November, though of course the holiday dates back much further. The first officially proclaimed day of thanksgiving in the United States was in , following a major victory during the Revolutionary War by General Gates at the Battle of Saratoga.
The Second Continental Congress, in York at the time, issued a proclamation of thanksgiving be celebrated on Dec. In , President George Washington signed a similar proclamation from the young federal government, announcing that Nov.
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