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. [DOC] [TLE] Lincoln proclaims official Thanksgiving holiday - Oct 03, 1863 ... [PAR] This announcement harkened back to when George Washington was in his first 
term as the first president in 1789 and the young American nation had only a few
... [DOC] [TLE] Thanksgiving (United States) - Wikipedia [PAR] As President, on October 3, 1789, George Washington made the following 
proclamation and created the first Thanksgiving Day designated by the national... [DOC] [TLE] Thanksgiving Proclamation by Abraham Lincoln [PAR] Prior to this, each state scheduled its own Thanksgiving holiday at different times, 
mainly in New England and other ... George Washington was the first president to 
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Presiden ... Thursday in November as was designated by the former President 
Abraham Lincoln. ... and was not celebrated as an annual festive occasion 
throughout United States. ... Thanksgiving Proclamation, by George Washington, 
in 1789:. [DOC] [TLE] Congress Establishes Thanksgiving | National Archives [PAR] On September 28, 1789, just before leaving for recess, the first Federal Congress 
... Subsequent presidents issued Thanksgiving Proclamations, but the dates and 
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of the celebration seeded by the settlers, became involved in 1777, when the 
Continental Congress issued the first official Thanksgiving proclamation. ... 
President Washington designated a Thanksgiving holiday in 1789 so... [DOC] [TLE] Federal Holidays: Evolution and Application - U.S. Senate [PAR] the President has asserted the authority to declare a national holiday which 
would be ... The first five congressionally designated federal holidays were New 
Year's ... Decoration Day (now Memorial Day) and Labor Day became federal 
holidays ..... year, President Abraham Lincoln issued a thanksgiving proclamation
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to designate Thanksgiving day as an American national holiday is disclosed ... 
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Thursday, November 26, 1789, President George Washington issued the first ... 
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became standard. ... Museum, a five-Thursday November fell in 1933 and some 
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the name of the third Monday in February to be designated as "President's Day. ... 
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Question: In 1789 it became the first U.S. holiday designated by presidential proclamation
Answer: Thanksgiving Day