The original Thanksgiving Proclamation, issued by the 16th president back in 1863, suggested August 6 as the national day of Thanksgiving.
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The holiday had been celebrated since colonial times, but each state set aside its own date to observe the occasion.
This proclamation was the first to make it a national holiday. But the original date didn't last long.
A few months later, President Lincoln issued a second proclamation, changing the date to November.
The manuscript sat on a shelf, undiscovered, for decades.
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