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Dear Friends, NPR had an interesting story about Thanksgiving. President Lincoln originally declared Thanksgiving to be on the last Thursday of November. But some years November has five Thursdays, as happened in 1939, when FDR declared Thanksgiving would be the fourth Thursday of November. FDR was trying to get more shopping days before Christmas to help break the depression. It became a huge political issue between Democrats and Republicans; especially in the 1940 Presidential election. FDR rescinded his order but in 1941 the Democratic Congress declared Thanksgiving the fourth Thursday and that is where it has been ever since. Happy Thanksgiving, the fourth Thursday of November, Mr P |
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"...to care for him who shall have borne the battle" Abraham Lincoln What is the background for Veterans' Day? * November 11 is Veterans' Day
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