Why is Thanksgiving always on Thhursday?

Answer 1

It's based on the first NATIONAL thanksgiving day declared by Abraham Lincoln...

"During the Civil War, President Abraham Lincoln, looking for ways to unite the nation, discussed the subject with Hale. In 1863 he gave his Thanksgiving Proclamation, declaring the last Thursday in November a day of thanksgiving.

In 1939, 1940, and 1941 Franklin D. Roosevelt, seeking to lengthen the Christmas shopping season, proclaimed Thanksgiving the third Thursday in November. Controversy followed, and Congress passed a joint resolution in 1941 decreeing that Thanksgiving should fall on the fourth Thursday of November, where it remains."

Answer 2

Howdy,

I answered a similar question for Ask Yahoo! back in 2006. Though the tradition did start hundreds of years ago with the Native Americans and Pilgrims, it wasn't celebrated regularly until "a magazine editor named Sarah Josepha Hale helped make it a permanent tradition."

Ms. Hale wrote editorials that suggested Thanksgiving be made into a national holiday. Her hard work paid off in 1863, when Abraham Lincoln "proclaimed the last Thursday in November as a national day of Thanksgiving." Later, Congress sanctioned "Thanksgiving as a national holiday, always to occur on the fourth Thursday in November."

For more on the history of Thanksgiving, please check out the links below.

Mike

Answer 3

Because on October 3,1863 President Abraham Lincoln issued a proclamation calling for the observance of the 4th Tuesday of November as a national holiday.

Answer 4

They chose Thursday because the first Thanksgiving celebration lasted 3 days. So we have Thurs, Fri, Sat and then Sun for church.

Answer 5

As far as the first Thanksgiving search "Squanto" on your favorite browser.

Answer 6

Declared by one the the US Presidents.