Press Release
November 21, 2005
The National Archives Celebrates Thanksgiving
President Harry Truman and turkey
Photograph of President Truman receiving a Thanksgiving turkey from members of the Poultry and Egg National Board and other representatives of the turkey industry, outside the White House. , 11/16/1949
Harry S. Truman Library (NLHST)
[ARC Identifier 200138]
George Washington's October 3, 1789, Thanksgiving Day Proclamation, 10/03/1789
Old Military and Civil Records LICON, Textual Archives Services Division (NWCTB), National Archives [ARC Identifier 299956]
President Abraham Lincoln's Thanksgiving Day Proclamation of October 3, 1863 (Presidential Proclamation 106). , 10/03/1863
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Old Military and Civil Records LICON, Textual Archives Services Division (NWCTB), National Archives [ARC Identifier 299960]
President Abraham Lincoln's Thanksgiving Day Proclamation of October 3, 1863 (Presidential Proclamation 106). , 10/03/1863
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Old Military and Civil Records LICON, Textual Archives Services Division (NWCTB), National Archives [ARC Identifier 299960]
President Abraham Lincoln's Thanksgiving Day Proclamation of October 3, 1863 (Presidential Proclamation 106). , 10/03/1863
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Old Military and Civil Records LICON, Textual Archives Services Division (NWCTB), National Archives [ARC Identifier 299960]
The House Joint Resolution Making the Last Thursday in November a Legal Holiday, 12/26/41
77th Congress, Record Group 233, Records of the U.S. House of Representatives held by the Center for Legislative Archives.
President Richard Nixon and turkey
Turkey presentation for Thanksgiving , 11/18/1969
Nixon Presidential Materials Staff (NLNS), National Archives at College Park [ARC Identifier 194663]
