Washington. “Forty years later, Washington, now president, declared Nov. 26, 1789, to be a day of thanksgiving and prayer,” Masich said. “It was the first time Thanksgiving was celebrated ...

Historians don’t know exactly which day the "first Thanksgiving" between the Pilgrims and Native Americans fell on — and it actually happened in October, not November, according to the Farmer ...

The first Thanksgiving was observed in Plymouth ... George Washington issued his Thanksgiving proclamation, designating “a day of public thanks-giving” to be held on “Thursday the 26th ...

Getty Images; photograph colorization by Dana Keller That first parade held on a relatively mild Thanksgiving Day in 1924, was extolled as “a marathon of mirth” in splashy newspaper ads.

Along with wishing first responders and troops a Happy Thanksgiving ... "This is my version of the Thanksgiving Day Parade — getting ready to leave the hospital!" he said as he walked through ...