At any rate, Thanksgiving has been held on a Thursday in November since George Washington’s presidency. Washington declared a day of thanksgiving and prayer in 1789, partly to honor the new U.S ...

Then-General George Washington observed a sort of Thanksgiving on his way to Valley Forge during the Revolutionary War, Biden ...

Recipes: Our favorite Thanksgiving sides are guaranteed to outshine the turkey President George Washington declared Thursday, Nov. 26, 1789, as a "Day of Publick Thanksgivin," after he was asked ...

George Washington was the first president of the ... helped enact the Bill of Rights and by proclamation declared an annual Day of Thanksgiving in November. As a patriot, he voluntarily retired ...

On October 3, 1789, George Washington issued his Thanksgiving proclamation, designating “a day of public thanks-giving” to be held on “Thursday the 26th day of November” that year.