The first National Thanksgiving was declared by the Continental Congress in 1777. On October 3, 1789, President George Washington declared that the people of the United States should observe a day of public thanksgiving and prayer on Thursday, 26 November. In 1941, a Congressional Joint Resolution set the fourth Thursday of November as a national holiday for Thanksgiving.
1777年,美国大陆会议第一次宣布感恩节为全国性节日。1789年10月3日,美国总统乔治华盛顿号召美国人民把当年的11月26日看作一个感恩、祈祷的公开纪念日。1941年,一项国会联合决议把感恩节定为全国性节日,时间定在每年11月的第四个星期四。
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