Why Thanksgiving is celebrated on the fourth Thursday of November

Soon one of the most anticipated holidays of the year will come in the United States - Thanksgiving Day. This year the celebration fell on November 23rd. It is always celebrated on the fourth Thursday of the eleventh month for a reason, writes Fox News.

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As the Farmers Almanac notes, at the beginning of the 1600, settlers in Massachusetts and Virginia held celebrations to thank for the successful harvest seasons. The most famous Thanksgiving in history has been celebrated in Plymouth in 1621. The festival was organized by pilgrims who arrived from Europe, together with invited local Indians, who helped them survive in unfamiliar conditions.

In 1789, President George Washington proclaimed November 26 a national event - Thanksgiving and Public Prayer (A day of public thanksgiving and prayer) In subsequent years, American presidents also affirmed Thanksgiving, although the dates were different.

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In 1863, President Abraham Lincoln announced that Thanksgiving would be celebrated annually on the last Thursday of November.

After the Great Depression rocked the nation in the 1939th century, some people were concerned that the date of Thanksgiving XNUMX, which fell on the last day of November, would harm the nation's economic recovery during the holiday season, according to the National Archives.

In response, President Franklin D. Roosevelt issued a Presidential Address, which decided to move Thanksgiving Day from the last Thursday of November to the second in order to provide more “shopping” days before Christmas.

Despite good intentions, this decision caused new problems, as 16 states rejected the date change, and 32 accepted. Two Thanksgiving days were actually celebrated across the country.

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“For two years, the holiday was celebrated at different times depending on where people lived,” Fox 10 reported.

In 1941, Congress intervened and established an annual fixed date. The House of Representatives passed a resolution that confirmed that Thanksgiving Day would be celebrated on the last Thursday in November. The Senate amended the resolution to clarify that celebrations should be held on the fourth Thursday, because sometimes there are five Thursdays in November.

All parties involved agreed, and President Roosevelt signed the resolution, according to the National Archives. Since then, the fourth Thursday of the eleventh month has been recognized as the official federal Thanksgiving Day in the United States.

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