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Presidential Thanksgivings

U.S. presidents and their first families enjoying light moments on Thanksgiving.
This is the House Joint Resolution that officially designated the last Thursday in November as a legal holiday. President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed this into law on Dec. 26, 1941, just two weeks after the attack on Pearl Harbor.
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Making Thanksgiving official

This is the House Joint Resolution that officially designated the last Thursday in November as a legal holiday. President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed this into law on Dec. 26, 1941, just two weeks after the attack on Pearl Harbor.

Credit: Records of the U.S. House of Representatives

Related: The National Archives

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