Show the example set by george washington of 0 setting aside a 0 day thanksgiving was followed of national john by hla his successor two adams who proclaimed hla his thanksgiving doys days during administration one on wednesday may 0 9 1798 and the other 25 1799 this thursday april on to custom however was allowed of lapso lapse during the two terms thomas jefferson but it was revived who issued madison by james four such proclamations during his administration the first three were more for a day of public humiliation and I 1 because of the nations prayer tribulations in the form of the second war with E england but of re real n 1 tho the fourth was a day 0 thanksgiving th that n t peace 11 had a d come at lost last all of these proclamations lamat ions were bissu issued a d in response resol resolution from to a joint the senn senate to and house of representatives senta tives the first set aside the third thursday in august of 1812 the second named tile the second thursday in september 1813 as the day the third designated thursday january 12 1814 and the fourth issued soon after the treaty of pence peace with england was proclaimed called upon the american people to set aside the second thursday in april 1815 as a day for praising the great disposer of el vents events and of the destiny of nations nation for their obligations and more as many especially poe I 1 ily for the blessing of the restoration of peace the month varied thus it will be seen that although thou agh thanksgiving days by presidential I 1 proclamation in the main picked upon thursday as the day of the week for such tin on observance the month varied greatly and there was no connection between these thanksgiving days and the annual observance established hy by the pilgrims no othor othar presidents after madison seemed to have had bocc occasion aaion for proclaiming a thanksgiving day and it remained for abraham lincoln to resume the custom and to link up the proclaimed thanksgiving day with the pilgrim cu custom s by establishing the last thursday in november as a national day for giving thanks the first lincoln appointing el a day for divine supplication was dot dated ad august 12 1861 it designated the last thursday in september as a day of humiliation prayer and fasting the regular thanksgiving in november 1861 was a rather subdued occasion there had been no presidential proclamation lt in 1862 there was no proclamation la either the momentous year of 1863 brought however three proal proclamations a mat nuit ions tho the first was dated march 3 and designated april 30 as a day of fasting and prayer july 15 another was issued setting august 6 as a day to give thanks at the prospect of peace the third came october 3 when president lincoln issued a proclamation la that said and so the last thursday in november is hereby set apart as a day of th thanksgiving anks giving and praise As a nten tans ona aa deft 3 SS ay 0 4 11 ya a v 7 CT ia aw M 1 WU alt ac J tl fUd Kf 7 74 tk 4 7 A linthi lit tHi yu yui i foj iff A t abc tt T A p ar L aia A ai resolution by elias boudinot result the first of the bially proclaimed last thursday in november thanksgiving days was observed that year on july 7 1864 by direction of congress president lincoln designated the first thursday of august as a day of national humiliation mil milia lation tion and prayer october 20 of the same year saw the issuance of his second proclamation designating the last thursday in november as thank thanksgiving S civi ng day before that day arrived it wa was S known that he had been reelect re elect ed by on an overwhelming majority a result which had been extremely doubtful during t the he cam laign moreover by november 1864 it seemed certain that the confederacy could not hold out much longer so with the assurance that the union was saved and with the great vote of confidence in his administration given him by the people abraham lincoln had good reason to lead the nation in a thanksgiving celebration for this the lost last 75 years succeeding presidents have not deviated from the custom of proclaiming the last thursday in november as thanksgiving day until this year when president no roosevlt Roos eilt lived up to his deputat reputation on of being a I 1 trod tradition d efler defier and established the next to t the he last instead of the last Thursday ln in the month for th this s national holiday |