Press Release
November 21, 2006
The National Archives Celebrates Thanksgiving
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]
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]
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 Abraham Lincoln's Thanksgiving Day Proclamation of October 3, 1863 (Presidential Proclamation 106). , 10/03/1863
Page 1
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]
