Op-ed:
Thanksgiving: Born of
Politics...Tempered By Tradition
By: Diane Sori / The Patriot Factor /
Right Side Patriots on American Political Radio
Thanksgiving...a truly American holiday
at its core yet a holiday also celebrated in Canada, some Caribbean
Islands, Brazil, and in Liberia as well. Thanksgiving...now
predominately a secular holiday has its historical roots in both
religious and cultural traditions. And while President George
Washington proclaimed the first “national day of Thanksgiving”
in 1789, it was not officially celebrated annually until
President Abraham Lincoln, in an 1863 proclamation, designated the
last Thursday in November to be "a day of thanksgiving and
praise." And it remained so until 1939 when FDR moved
Thanksgiving to the second-to-last Thursday in November after
retailers balked that Thanksgiving would fall on November 30th that
year thus cutting the Christmas buying season short...modern day
political-style lobbying of sorts I'd say. More on the specifics of
this date change in a bit.
Read entire article here: https://thepatriotfactor.blogspot.com/2019/11/op-ed-thanksgiving.html