tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7775910475089264257.post898443445903295180..comments2024-03-18T08:22:55.193-04:00Comments on The Duchess of Devonshire's Gossip Guide to the 18th Century: Turkey Change of SceneryHeather Carrollhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03544318718074061879noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7775910475089264257.post-44059992543530698462010-12-01T16:08:24.348-05:002010-12-01T16:08:24.348-05:00True, we can thank good ol' Abe for that. But...True, we can thank good ol' Abe for that. But Washington was a big fan of the idea. The colonies celebrated a nationwide Thanksgiving (Thanks to George) in 1777 to celebrate the victory at Saratoga which was backed by the Continental Congress. Then when Washington became president he proclaimed a national holiday of Thanksgiving in October 1789. The tradition continued until Thomas Jefferson and then it was Lincoln who restored it.Heather Carrollhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03544318718074061879noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7775910475089264257.post-85691616624005541062010-12-01T15:10:26.464-05:002010-12-01T15:10:26.464-05:00I've always been under the impression that Tha...I've always been under the impression that Thanksgiving was only a holiday in New England until Abraham Lincoln made it a national holiday circa the Civil War as a way to unite the country...Carolynhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05408274277048362897noreply@blogger.com