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Did Thomas Jefferson hate Thanksgiving?

Did Thomas Jefferson hate Thanksgiving?
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HISTORY | Did Thomas Jefferson hate Thanksgiving?

Thanksgiving didn t become an annual national holiday until the days of Abraham Lincoln, but at the time of the nation s founding, religious feasts (and fasts) of thanksgiving were a regular thing. Both the Continental Congress and Gen. George Washington declared days of public thanksgiving during the Revolutionary War after big victories. And in 1779, Virginia s wartime governor, Thomas Jefferson, signed a proclamation declaring Thursday, Dec. 9, "a day of publick and solemn thanksgiving and prayer to Almighty God." ....

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