Abraham Lincoln first declared a national day of thanksgiving on the last Thursday of November in 1862. (The date was changed to the 4th Thursday of November in 1941.)
No other presidents declared Thanksgiving before Lincoln. He did it in 1863. FDR changed the date during WW2.
The Canadian growing season is shorter and harvest earlier. Thanksgiving is to celebrate the harvest, therefore the Canadian Thankgiving comes at a time when the harvest is completed.
Thanksgiving was made a national holiday by President Lincoln, but it wasn't celebrated until much later in the 1900's. The date of the holiday has also changed off and on.
AnswerThe actual date of Thanksgiving is 11th December.
Which president moved the date of Thanksgiving twice?
Thanksgiving, or Thanksgiving Day, is celebrated on the fourth Thursday in November in the United States. The exact date changes every year. A legendary Thanksgiving celebration was held in 1621
Thanksgiving was on Thursday Nov 24 in 1994.
Thanksgiving Day was on November 22, 1973.
November 28, 1963 was Thanksgiving Day.
the date was 1621
In 1942, Thanksgiving was on Thursday, November 26.