How George Washington used his first Thanksgiving as president to unite a new country On Nov. 26, 1789, Washington called on the people to hold their new country together in the face of forces ...

What George Washington’s Thanksgiving Teaches Us About National Unity Our first president used the holiday to unite a divided nation. So can we.

By Lincoln’s day, George Washington had already provided us with a Thanksgiving proclamation that today, nearly two and a half centuries later, still stands as a Thank You that a nation can put ...

Though it’s unclear what the Washingtons served at their Thanksgiving feasts, turkeys were present on their table.

George Washington, our first president, issued the first official Thanksgiving proclamation in 1789, but the national holiday didn’t begin until 1863, two years into the Civil War, when it was ...

The forgotten holiday that predates Thanksgiving George Washington led a military march down Broadway to what today is the Wall Street financial district By Charles Creitz Fox News ...

FAIRFAX COUNTY, Va. — The northbound George Washington Memorial Parkway exit ramp to I-495 north and the Spout Run Parkway in Fairfax County will be closed for another two weeks, the National ...

President George Washington even issued the first national Thanksgiving proclamation in 1789, but it wasn't a permanent holiday, according to The Center for Legislative Archives.

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President George Washington aimed to unify the country with his first Thanksgiving message.© Getty Images A brief history of presidents snubbing their successors – and why the founders favored ...

For his first presidential Thanksgiving, George Washington aimed to pull his country together in the face of the many internal divisions that could yank it apart.