Both George Washington and John Adams ... or anything like it during his time in office. Yet Jefferson did acknowledge Thanksgiving—just not as president. In 1779, he told the people of Virginia ...

In Alabama, it's "George Washington & Thomas Jefferson's Birthday ... For New Mexico, that date is just after Thanksgiving. So why the discrepancies? We called local government offices ...

Thomas Jefferson also insisted that Thanksgiving ... require the American people hold a day of prayer and thanksgiving. In 1789, President George Washington issued a proclamation designating ...

While George Washington originally called for an official "day of public thanksgiving and prayer ... one of Abraham Lincoln's heroes, Thomas Jefferson, said about our political differences.

28, 1789, the first Federal Congress passed a resolution asking President George ... Almanac." Thanksgiving wasn't a federal government holiday in the early years of the U.S. Thomas Jefferson ...