Thanksgiving Fact or Fiction: In 1863, Abraham Lincoln became the first American president to proclaim a national day of Thanksgiving. Fiction. George Washington, John Adams and James Madison all issued proclamations urging Americans to observe days of thanksgiving, both for general good fortune and for particularly momentous events (the adoption of the U.S. Constitution, in Washington’s case; the end of the War of 1812, in Madison’s).
Posted on: Fri, 14 Nov 2014 20:18:35 +0000
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