tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9437006.post2715060713509983371..comments2024-02-15T03:29:30.431-06:00Comments on Rome of the West: A Thanksgiving ProclaimationMark S. Abelnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06692448528819277158noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9437006.post-78175867780495295922012-11-22T12:13:22.960-06:002012-11-22T12:13:22.960-06:00"How'd it get moved to November?"
T..."How'd it get moved to November?"<br /><br />The two people most responsible for Thanksgiving as we know it today are Sarah Josepha Hale, a 19th-century author who campaigned for a nationwide, consistent Thanksgiving Day observance, and Abraham Lincoln, who responded to that campaign by issuing a presidential proclamation in 1863 setting Thanksgiving for the LAST Thursday in November. I suspect they wanted a date after the harvest but before winter weather set in and not too close to Christmas. The FOURTH Thursday date we have today began under FDR during WWII and was directly intended to extend the Christmas shopping season (google "Franksgiving controversy" to find out more). <br /><br />Elaine Bookwormhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12891452878064992022noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9437006.post-80110442185314226452012-11-22T08:15:27.930-06:002012-11-22T08:15:27.930-06:00How'd it get moved to November?
I'm gues...How'd it get moved to November? <br />I'm guessing the Founding Fathers wouldn't have been into shopping on Thanksgiving either...Tina aka Snupnjakehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10209866349452434099noreply@blogger.com