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September 1621- harvest feast with Natives
1623- first Thanksgiving celebrated for relief from drought
June 29, 1676- governing council of Charlestown, Massachusetts held
Thanksgiving celebration in recognition of the colonists' recent victory over the
Natives
October 1777- first time that all 13 colonies joined in a thanksgiving celebration
1789- George Washington proclaimed a National Day of Thanksgiving
1863- President Lincoln proclaimed the last Thursday in November as a national day of
Thanksgiving.
1941- Thanksgiving was finally sanctioned by Congress as a legal holiday, as the fourth
Thursday in November