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Thanksgiving 2020 also known as thanksgiving day is an important federal holiday celebrated annually on the fourth thursday of november in the united states.

Thanksgiving day pictures free. Thanksgiving is a federal holiday in the united states celebrated on the fourth thursday of november. Thanksgiving in the early days of the united states was celebrated on a variety of dates and eventually abraham lincoln in 1863 with help from sarah josepha hale 1 decided thanksgiving should be on the final thursday in november. In 1863 president abraham lincoln proclaimed national thanksgiving day to be celebrated on the final thursday of november.

Thanksgiving is a national holiday celebrated on various dates in the united states canada brazil grenada saint lucia and liberia and the sub national entities leiden norfolk island and puerto ricoit began as a day of giving thanks and sacrifice for the blessing of the harvest and of the preceding year. Beginning with george washington in 1789 annual presidential proclamations had declared the last thursday of november as the thanksgiving date. Some give credit to hale whose accounts emphasised a roast turkey and eventually became the model for the festivities.

However not everyone sees thanksgiving day as a cause for celebration. In the us thanksgiving day will be celebrated on thursday november 28. Thanksgiving 2020 is going to start a little earlier this year.

Check them out and plan out your grand celebrations. Thanksgiving day has been an annual holiday in the united states since 1863. It is sometimes called american thanksgiving outside the united states to distinguish it from the canadian holiday of the same nameit originated as a harvest festival and to this day the centerpiece of thanksgiving celebrations remains thanksgiving dinner.

We are also giving some past thanksgiving dates for your records. Thanksgiving for most is also a start of a four day weekend which is great too. Beginning in 1970 a group of native americans and their supporters have staged an annual protest for a national day of mourning at plymouth rock in plymouth massachusetts on thanksgiving day.

In modern times people take time off work 4 day weekend starting thursday and spend time with family and friends over a large feast held on thanksgiving day. Year american us thanksgiving canadian thanksgiving. Thanksgiving in the united states is always celebrated on the fourth thursday of november and in 2020 the holiday falls on november 26.

Below we are giving the dates of thanksgiving day from 2010 to 2040. Thanksgiving 2020 precedes black friday and is traditionally a holiday to give thanks for the food collected at the end of the harvest season.