Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. George Washington statue, New York City. (Photo by Getty Images) On Thursday, Nov. 26, 1789, George Washington woke early.

(Editor’s note: Phil Hodapp, a loyal subscriber since 1968, requested we publish the text of George Washington’s Proclamation of 1789. Anyone who has been a subscriber for that long has earned the ...

WASHINGTON (WCSC) — The United States celebrated its first nationally recognized Thanksgiving 236 years ago Wednesday. That observance, on Nov. 26, 1789, came after President George Washington issued ...

(WHSV) - Though it would not become a federally recognized national holiday until 1941, the first national Thanksgiving was in 1789. In September of 1789, the first Federal Congress passed a ...

The first presidential proclamation of Thanksgiving day was issued by our nation’s first president, George Washington, in October 1789. On the same day Congress passed the Bill of Rights, it passed a ...

Whereas it is the duty of all Nations to acknowledge the providence of Almighty God, to obey his will, to be grateful for his benefits, and humbly to implore his protection and favor—and whereas both ...