the date of the first thanksgiving proclamation in america is 1623.
the date of the first thanksgiving proclamation in america is 1623.
date of the first thanksgiving proclamation in america?
1623
in 1723, massachusetts bay governor william dummer proclaimed a day of thanksgiving on november 6. the first proclamation in the independent united states was issued by john hancock as president of the continental congress as a day of fasting on march 16, 1776. the first national thanksgiving was celebrated on december 18, 1777, and the continental congress issued national thanksgiving day proclamations each year between 1778 and 1784. there were no national thanksgiving day proclamations from 1785 to 1788.









































section::::the first presidential national day of thanksgiving.
national thanksgiving proclamation
national thanksgiving proclamation









































the national thanksgiving proclamation was the first formal proclamation of thanksgiving in the united states. president george washington declared thursday, november 26, 1789 as a day of public thanksgiving and prayer.









































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national thanksgiving proclamation