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Thanksgiving at Plymouth, oil on canvas by Jennie Augusta Brownscombe, 1925 National Museum of Women in the Arts. Thanksgiving is a federal holiday in the United States celebrated on the fourth Thursday of November (which became the uniform date country-wide in 1941).
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Thanksgiving falls on the fourth Thursday of November, or November 23 in 2023. It used to be the last Thursday until President Franklin Roosevelt changed it.
September 11 Day of Remembrance The holiday was proposed by Representative Lee Zeldin in H.R. 5303 and Senator Marsha Blackburn in S. 2735 in September 2021. [42] September 15–21 (3rd Monday) Native Americans' Day: The holiday was petitioned for and introduced in Congress multiple times but was unsuccessful.
When is Thanksgiving 2023? Thanksgiving is on Thursday, Nov. 23, 2023. On what day does Thanksgiving fall? The holiday falls on the fourth Thursday in November each year.
When did Thanksgiving become a national holiday? More than 160 years after the 1621 feast, President George Washington declared Nov. 26, 1789, as a day of prayer and thanksgiving.
Here's a look at what to know about the holiday in 2024. When is Thanksgiving 2024? Thursday, Nov. 28, is the date of this year's Thanksgiving holiday. When did Thanksgiving become a national holiday?
Several presidents opposed days of national thanksgiving, with Thomas Jefferson openly denouncing such a proclamation. [19] That was seen as ironic because Jefferson had proclaimed a day of Thanksgiving while he was the governor of Virginia. By 1855, 16 states celebrated Thanksgiving (14 on the fourth Thursday of November, and two on the third).