31+ When Did Thanksgiving Become A National Holiday Images. Thanksgiving day, annual national holiday in the united states and canada celebrating the harvest and other blessings of the past year. He and subsequent presidents proclaimed a national day of thanksgiving annually until 1941 when congress made thanksgiving official.
Thanksgiving became a federal holiday when lincoln was president.
The holiday most are acquainted with came about during the american revolution for independence when in 1777 things looked bleak for the. Thanksgiving became a federal holiday when lincoln was president. Thanksgiving was only made an official national holiday by congress in 1941. Thanksgiving didn't become a national holiday until hale began writing letters to each sitting president starting in 1846.
