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 ...

As president, Thomas Jefferson was adamant that ... third Thursday of February 1795, President George Washington proclaimed a day of national thanksgiving to thank God “for the Constitutions ...

As president, Thomas Jefferson refused to issue Thanksgiving proclamations ... sweet potatoes and cranberry sauce. George Washington made a point of declaring that Thanksgiving should be ...

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 ...

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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 and Andrew Jackson ... of the religious prepossessions of our people,” George Washington reluctantly declared a Day of Thanksgiving on November, 26, 1789. Church historian ...

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 ...

Thanksgiving is ... The Signing of the Constitution of the United States, with George Washington, Benjamin Franklin, and Thomas Jefferson at the Constitutional Convention of 1787; oil painting ...