Show At A TH THANKSGIVING On November o 27 27 21 1621 after the Pilgrims had b been en In tho the new world for or nearly a year icar car Governor Go Bradford Bradford Brad Brad- ford decreed a oday aday day of ot Thanksgiving and rejoicing after the tho scanty crop had been gathered gather in This was waa tho the Clr first t Thanksgiving day celebrated ed In America SInco then the tho cia lay day has been recognized rec rec- annually by tho the president of tho the United States and tho lie governors O of oC all tho ho states slates aa as a n. da day daj to toLe be observed observed ob ob- ob served er for tor giving I thanks to God forthe forthe for tori the favors or and mercies of oC tho ho year carl past S Until th tho Civil war ar tho the celebration celebration tion Lion of ot tho the lay day was as merely morely a 0 st state tc affair During that war it was Walt suspended suspended sus sus- for a a. time time- but in iii 1861 President dent Lincoln a proclamation appointing tho the fourth Thursday in November o cr as a. a national In ing da day When Lincoln was assassinate t the lie rulo almost passed out of oC existence existence exist exist- ence but tho tue succeeding presidents took it up and md since then Thanksgiving Thanks Thanks- ln gl giving has bc been n observed throughout tho the United State States Staten The proclamation by the tho president I 1 sent to tho the governors go of ot tho the different differ differ- cat ent states each of ot whom issues a corresponding proclamation fo for tor his own state stae |