On Thursday, Nov. 26, 1789, George Washington woke early ... He had an important aim that day: to celebrate Thanksgiving. Washington had thought carefully about this Thanksgiving, the first ...

He had an important aim that day: to celebrate Thanksgiving ... But, as a scholar of George Washington, I see it as an important step in his much larger political plan to bring the executive ...

George Washington issued the first presidential proclamation of Thanksgiving Day in 1789. Editorials represent the views of The Press Democrat editorial board and The Press Democrat as an institution.

On Oct. 3, 1789, President George Washington issued his Thanksgiving ... to recommend to the People of the United States a day of public thanksgiving and prayer to be observed by acknowledging ...

(WHTM) — On this day in 1789, President George Washington issued his first proclamation of a National Day of Thanksgiving for Thursday, Nov. 26, in honor of the establishment of the new ...

But never mind about Thoreau and Twain. By Lincoln’s day, George Washington had already provided us with a Thanksgiving proclamation that today, nearly two and a half centuries later ...

On Sept. 28, 1789, the first Federal Congress passed a resolution asking President George Washington to recommend to the nation a day of thanksgiving. A few days later, Washington issued a ...

George Washington, as proclaimed by Virginian ... He can also be considered first in Thanksgiving Day. For years historians have given credit to President Abraham Lincoln’s proclamation on ...

On Sept. 28, 1789, Congress passed a resolution asking the president to recommend a day of thanksgiving to the nation. A few days later, President George Washington issued a proclamation naming ...