[Ans] Which president's proclamation first set the last Thursday of November 'as a day of Thanksgiving and Praise' in the United States?

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Thanksgiving, or Thanksgiving Day, is a public holiday celebrated on the fourth Thursday of November in the United States. It originated as a harvest festival. Thanksgiving has been celebrated nationally on and off since 1789, after Congress requested a proclamation by George Washington. It has been celebrated as a federal holiday every year since 1863, when, during the American Civil War, President Abraham Lincoln proclaimed a national day of "Thanksgiving and Praise to our beneficent Father who dwelleth in the Heavens," to be celebrated on the last Thursday in November. Together with Christmas and the New Year, Thanksgiving is a part of the broader fall/winter holiday season in the U.S.

Step 2 : Answer to the question "Which president's proclamation first set the last Thursday of November 'as a day of Thanksgiving and Praise' in the United States?"

Abraham Lincoln:

It was a letter-writing campaign that spanned 15 years that brought the need for a national Thanksgiving holiday to the attention of President Abraham Lincoln. Sarah Josepha Hale, a magazine editor, sent letters to presidents for 15 years before Lincoln responded to her urgings for a 'national and fixed Union Festival.' Lincoln delivered his Thanksgiving Proclamation on Oct. 3, 1863, establishing the last Thursday of November as a national day of Thanksgiving.

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