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Tag Archives: Seward drafts Thanksgiving Proclamation
Abraham Lincoln: Quibbling Thanksgiving
In 1863 Thanksgiving Day had been a local or regional holiday for more than two centuries. Quibbling The Day Massachusetts has long maintained that a day of Thanksgiving was celebrated a year after the devout Pilgrims landed in Plymouth in … Continue reading
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