{"id":2323,"date":"2012-11-21T20:48:08","date_gmt":"2012-11-21T20:48:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.genealogybank.com\/?p=2323"},"modified":"2012-11-21T20:50:39","modified_gmt":"2012-11-21T20:50:39","slug":"george-washington-proclaimed-a-day-of-thanksgiving-26-november-1789","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/george-washington-proclaimed-a-day-of-thanksgiving-26-november-1789.html","title":{"rendered":"George Washington Proclaimed a Day of Thanksgiving 26 November 1789"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Today\u2019s <em>Wall Street Journal<\/em> (21 November 2012) has an op-ed editorial by <a href=\"http:\/\/online.wsj.com\/article\/SB10001424127887324556304578121412538523392.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Melanie Kirkpatrick: Thanksgiving, 1789<\/a> about the nation\u2019s first Thanksgiving proclamation.<\/p>\n<p>It was also President Washington\u2019s first proclamation\u2014he had been sworn in as the nation\u2019s first president just a few months earlier, on 30 April 1789. Washington\u2019s proclamation making Thanksgiving an officially recognized American holiday was printed in newspapers around the country including the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/gbnk\/newspapers\/doc\/v2:103709D225B248A8@GBNEWS-103CBA09981B128E-103CBA09AC6446BD-103CBA0A46D023D7\/?search_terms=washington%2C%7Cthanksgiving&amp;s_dlid=DL0112112116054314395&amp;s_ecproduct=SUB-FREE&amp;s_ecprodtype=INSTANT&amp;s_trackval=&amp;s_siteloc=&amp;s_referrer=&amp;s_subterm=Subscription%20until%3A%2012%2F14%2F2015&amp;s_docsbal=%20&amp;s_subexpires=12%2F14%2F2015&amp;s_docstart=&amp;s_docsleft=&amp;s_docsread=&amp;s_username=newsbank&amp;s_accountid=AC0106092012243115568&amp;s_upgradeable=no\">New Hampshire Gazette (Portsmouth, New Hampshire) 22 October 1789, page 1. Read the entire proclamation here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s as timely today as it was then.<\/p>\n<p>GenealogyBank wishes you and your family a very Happy Thanksgiving.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2324\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2324\" style=\"width: 409px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/new-hampshire-gazette-newspaper-1022-1789-george-washington-thanksgiving.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2324\" title=\"new-hampshire-gazette-newspaper-1022-1789-george-washington-thanksgiving\" src=\"https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/new-hampshire-gazette-newspaper-1022-1789-george-washington-thanksgiving.png\" alt=\"A General Thanksgiving, New Hampshire Gazette newspaper article 22 October 1789\" width=\"409\" height=\"632\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/new-hampshire-gazette-newspaper-1022-1789-george-washington-thanksgiving.png 409w, https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/new-hampshire-gazette-newspaper-1022-1789-george-washington-thanksgiving-194x300.png 194w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 409px) 100vw, 409px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2324\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">New Hampshire Gazette (Portsmouth, New Hampshire), 22 October 1789, page 1<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today\u2019s Wall Street Journal (21 November 2012) has an op-ed editorial by Melanie Kirkpatrick: Thanksgiving, 1789 about the nation\u2019s first Thanksgiving proclamation. It was also President Washington\u2019s first proclamation\u2014he had been sworn in as the nation\u2019s first president just a few months earlier, on 30 April 1789. 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