<P> The National Thanksgiving Proclamation was the first formal proclamation of Thanksgiving in the United States . President George Washington declared Thursday , November 26 , 1789 as a day of public thanksgiving and prayer . </P>
<P> The National Thanksgiving Proclamation was the first formal proclamation of Thanksgiving in the United States . President George Washington declared Thursday , November 26 , 1789 as a day of public thanksgiving and prayer . </P>
who was the first us president to declare a national day of thanksgiving
who was the first us president to declare a national day of thanksgiving
President George Washington
President George Washington