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Link to Actual Congressional Thanksgiving Day Proclamation, November 1, 1777 Document

Link to another Congressional Thanksgiving Day Proclamation, October 11, 1782

Source: Library of Congress Religion and the Founding of the American Republic Exhibition Good site to bookmark if you are home schooling.

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Wait a minute... according to the email I just got, it was George CARLIN who originated Thanksgiving with that proclamation. ;')

Thanksgiving as we observe it now was established by Abraham Lincoln's proclamation in 1863.

http://www.sltrib.com/opinion/ci_3247556

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thanksgiving

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