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Tag Archives: Thanksgiving
Thanksgiving with the Continental Army, 1777
Abraham Lincoln usually gets the credit for establishing Thanksgiving as a national holiday in 1863. He deserves much of it for making it an annual event. But, Lincoln was harkening back to an earlier practice of giving thanks amidst the … Continue reading
Happy Thanksgiving
From all of us here at Emerging Revolutionary War, we want to wish you and yours a “Happy Thanksgiving.” Below is the official proclamation by President George Washington dedicating a day of “public thanksgiving.” in 1789. By the President of the … Continue reading
Posted in Memory, Revolutionary War
Tagged 1789, George Washington, Happy Thanksgiving, New York, President George Washington, Thanksgiving
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Emerging Revolutionary War Wishes You a Happy and Safe Thanksgiving Holiday
As president of the United States, George Washington wrote the following Thanksgiving Proclamation that was published and designated Thursday, November 26, 1789, as a national day of thanks. Although the official holiday came later when the sixteenth president, Abraham Lincoln … Continue reading
Posted in Battlefields & Historic Places, Revolutionary War, Uncategorized
Tagged Abraham Lincoln, Colonial Williamsburg, George Washington, Jamestown Settlement, Jamestown Yorktown Foundation, Mount Vernon, Plimoth Plantation, Thanksgiving, Thanksgiving Proclamation, Yorktown Victory Center
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