Why is Thanksgiving on the fourth Thursday?
In the United States, Thanksgiving Day has been a legal holiday since 1789. The US will celebrate Thanksgiving on November 24th, 2022. The second Monday in October, or Columbus Day for the United States, was designated as Thanksgiving in Canada by the Canadian Parliament in 1957. Thanksgiving is traditionally observed in the United States as…
In the United States, Thanksgiving Day has been a legal holiday since 1789. The US will celebrate Thanksgiving on November 24th, 2022. The second Monday in October, or Columbus Day for the United States, was designated as Thanksgiving in Canada by the Canadian Parliament in 1957.
Thanksgiving is traditionally observed in the United States as a day to thank God for His bounties and to pray that He would also heal the nation’s wounds. A national day of penitence was also observed, during which we were encouraged to sincerely confess our sins and selfishness.
Why is Thanksgiving on the fourth Thursday?
Since George Washington’s time, Thursday has been the day and this was continually celebrated by Abraham Lincoln’s proclamation in 1863 designating the national day of Thanksgiving to be the last Thursday of November. Later that was amended to the fourth Thursday in November. In George’s declaration, he said “the People of the United States a day of public thanks-giving” to be held on “Thursday the 26th day of November,” 1789.
