As Americans gather together to celebrate Thanksgiving, Plimoth Patuxet Museums (PPM) can help shed light on the origins of one of the nation’s most widely shared traditions.
Though the Continental Congress declared the first national Thanksgiving in 1777 and presidents including Washington, Monroe, and Lincoln issued proclamations calling for a day of gratitude and rest, it wasn’t until 1941 that Congress established Thanksgiving Day as we now know it.
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