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It has been held on the fourth Thursday in November since 1941, which means the actual date of the holiday shifts every year. Thanksgiving will be on Thursday, Nov. 28.
A Nov. 28 Thanksgiving happens roughly every five to six years, meaning that the next time we'll see a Thanksgiving on Nov. 28 will be in 2030 (another year when Halloween is on a Thursday and Nov ...
Thanksgiving is traditionally celebrated on the fourth Thursday of November. In 2023, Nov. 1 fell on a Wednesday, making Nov. 23 the fourth Thursday. This year, the first was on a Friday, pushing ...
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).
Here's everything you need to know about Thanksgiving 2024 from the date it falls to the origins of why it's always on a Thursday.
The National Day of Mourning is an annual demonstration, held on the fourth Thursday in November, that aims to educate the public about Native Americans in the United States, notably the Wampanoag and other tribes of the Eastern United States; dispel myths surrounding the Thanksgiving story in the United States; and raise awareness toward historical and ongoing struggles facing Native American ...
The 4th Thursday. As 1941 ended, Roosevelt signed a bill officially making Thanksgiving Day the fourth Thursday of November, regardless if it is the last or the second-to-last Thursday of the ...
The double Thanksgiving continued for two more years, and then on December 26, 1941, Roosevelt signed a joint resolution of Congress changing the official national Thanksgiving Day to the fourth Thursday in November starting in 1942 (there are usually four but sometimes five Thursdays in November, depending on the year).