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Lincoln formalizes Thanksgiving Day as a national holiday...
Lincoln formalizes Thanksgiving Day as a national holiday...
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October 05, 1863
BOSTON DAILY ADVERTISER, October 5, 1863 Although almost every President since George Washington has issued a proclamation for a "day of thanksgiving", typically celebrated in November but at other times of the year as well, it was Abraham Lincoln who formalized Thanksgiving Day to be celebrated the fourth Thursday of every year and making it a national holiday.
Page 2 has the complete text headed: "National Thanksgiving" "By the President of the United States. A Proclamation" which is signed in type: Abraham Lincoln.
There are numerous websites giving the complete text of this Proclamation--identical to what appears in this newspaper (see).
Additionally, this issue has front page reports on the Civil War but they pale in comparison to the significance of Lincoln's Thanksgiving Day Proclamation.
Other Civil War reports throughout but it pales in comparison to the historic Lincoln Proclamation.
Complete in four pages, never bound nor trimmed, large folio size (21 1/2 by 30 3/4 inches), some light foxing, generally nice condition.
Category: Yankee
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