🦃 12 Key Dates in Thanksgiving History (AARP Article)

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🦃 12 Key Dates in Thanksgiving History (AARP Article)

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12 Key Dates in the History of Thanksgiving.

It has taken more than 450 years for this wonderful day to fully evolve.

By Margaret Mitchell, AARP Experience Counts. Published November 21, 2024.

Since America’s days of explorers, pilgrims and colonists, we have shown gratitude for the land and everything it sustains — the harvest, our lives, our families — by celebrating Thanksgiving.

Of course, it has been constantly evolving, not to mention shifting around the calendar (in 1815, James Madison called for its celebration in March). Only fairly recently did Thanksgiving become an annual fixture, celebrated on the fourth Thursday of November.

From its origins nearly four-and-a-half centuries ago to our modern national holiday, the story of Thanksgiving is one of overcoming hardship and facing the world with optimism and appreciation for what we have, even amid war or national mourning.

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