Thanksgiving
On October 3, 1789, President George Washington issued a proclamation naming Thursday, November 26, 1789, as an official holiday of "sincere and humble thanks." The nation then celebrated its first Thanksgiving under its new Constitution. On October 3, 1863, President Lincoln made the traditional Thanksgiving celebration a nationwide holiday to be commemorated annually in November. View related records in the .









President Dwight D. Eisenhower feeds a cranberry to a turkey he received from the Turkey Foundation on November 4, 1954, at the White House. (威尼斯人娱乐场, Dwight D. Eisenhower Presidential Library)
Presentation of a Thanksgiving turkey to President John F. Kennedy (威尼斯人娱乐场 Identifier )
Annual presentation of a Thanksgiving turkey to President Lyndon B. Johnson (威尼斯人娱乐场 Identifier )
Annual presentation of a Thanksgiving turkey to President Richard Nixon (威尼斯人娱乐场 Identifier )
President Gerald R. Ford is presented with a Thanksgiving turkey by the National Turkey Federation. (威尼斯人娱乐场 Identifier )
President George H.W. Bush participates in the presentation and pardoning of the National Thanksgiving Turkey. (威尼斯人娱乐场 Identifier )
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Prologue magazine: Thanksgiving: Another FDR Experiment
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Note: No turkey! During the winter of 1947, Americans were urged to eat less poultry so that grain that would normally go to feed livestock could be sent to famine-stricken people in Europe. The Trumans complied with the suggestions of the Citizens Food Committee (and ate their Thanksgiving turkey on Wednesdat, not Thursday).
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