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<blockquote data-quote="texan" data-source="post: 1059737" data-attributes="member: 38206">On this day, 26 Nov 1941, FDR establishes modern Thanksgiving holiday.With a few deviations, Lincoln&#039;s precedent was followed annually by every subsequent president--until 1939.&nbsp;In 1939, Franklin D. Roosevelt departed from tradition by declaring November 23, the next to last Thursday&nbsp;that year, as Thanksgiving Day.&nbsp;Considerable controversy surrounded this deviation, and some Americans refused to honor Roosevelt&#039;s declaration.&nbsp;For the next two years, Roosevelt repeated the unpopular proclamation, but on November 26, 1941, he admitted&nbsp;his mistake and signed a bill into law officially making the fourth Thursday in November the&nbsp;national holiday of Thanksgiving Day.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="texan, post: 1059737, member: 38206"] [B]On this day, 26 Nov 1941, FDR establishes modern Thanksgiving holiday. With a few deviations, Lincoln's precedent was followed annually by every subsequent president--until 1939. In 1939, Franklin D. Roosevelt departed from tradition by declaring November 23, the next to last Thursday that year, as Thanksgiving Day. Considerable controversy surrounded this deviation, and some Americans refused to honor Roosevelt's declaration. For the next two years, Roosevelt repeated the unpopular proclamation, but on November 26, 1941, he admitted his mistake and signed a bill into law officially making the fourth Thursday in November the national holiday of Thanksgiving Day.[/B] [/QUOTE]

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