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To: Perseverando

Prior to 1863 states had their own Thanksgiving on different dates. Lincoln made it a national holiday on the last Thursday of November.

6 posted on 11/26/2019 1:13:11 PM PST by 4yearlurker (A big mouth doesn't make a big man.~John Wayne)

To: 4yearlurker

Then FDR changed it to the third Thursday in November to lengthen the Christmas shopping season for the merchants.

Families were split, observing Thanksgiving on different days depending whom they voted for.

Nowadays the T-day battleground is Debbie Downer vs `crazy rightwing uncle’, or else it’s Mom & Dad vs their new SJW college monsters.

16 posted on 11/26/2019 1:28:34 PM PST by elcid1970 ("The Second Amendment is more important than Islam.")

To: 4yearlurker

Were the different dates centered around the local harvest times?

28 posted on 11/26/2019 2:04:02 PM PST by CJ Wolf (-Please forgive my misspellings, as I forgive those that misspell around me.)

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