Many consider this the nation's first official thanksgiving.
19+ George Washington Thanksgiving Proclamation 1789 Gif. Thanksgiving proclamation, 3 october 1789. By the president of the united states of america, a proclamation.
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The national thanksgiving proclamation was the first formal proclamation of thanksgiving in the united states. George washington's thanksgiving proclamation was given on october 3, 1789. George washington delivered this proclamation in favor of celebrating a day of thanksgiving on october 3, 1789.
Washington made special mention of the conflict in his thanksgiving proclamation, expressing his gratitude for the favorable interpositions of his god's providence, which we experienced in the course and conclusion of the late.
Washington issued a proclamation on october 3, 1789, designating thursday, november 26 as a national day of thanks. In his proclamation, washington declared that the necessity for such a day sprung from the almighty's care of americans prior to the revolution. President george washington's first presidential proclamation recognized a thanksgiving holiday to be celebrated in late november 1789. When president george washington issued the first thanksgiving proclamation under the u.s.
