History of Thanksgiving & Current Thanksgiving & Small Biz Saturday Legislation

2021-11-24T07:30:00-05:00

Digital collage by Ryan Stevens; image source by pinwhalestock from Pixabay How Thanksgiving Came to Be In 1789, President George Washington issued a proclamation naming Thursday, November 26, 1789 as a "Day of Publick Thanksgivin", which marked the first time Thanksgiving was celebrated under the United States' new constitution. This followed the first Congress passing [...]