Despite several presidents honoring the day and families still celebrating ... Congress established Thanksgiving as a United ...

Thanksgiving Day is always on the fourth Thursday in ... the first Thanksgiving by the national government of the United ...

Hale campaigned for a national day of Thanksgiving for decades. In the 1840s, many states had an annual Thanksgiving Day, but the date varied depending on where you lived. There wasn't one ...

Many holidays, such as Martin Luther King Jr. Day, Presidents' Day, Memorial Day, and Labor Day, fall on Mondays, creating ...

US news: The United States' Office of Personnel ... Columbus Day/ Indigenous People's Day, Veterans Day, Thanksgiving Day and Christmas. These are besides the Saturdays and Sundays off and there ...

The Office of Personnel Management lists 12 federal holidays across 11 days. The mismatch arises as Inauguration Day and ...

On October 3, 1789, George Washington issued his Thanksgiving proclamation, designating “a day of public thanks-giving ... according to the US Department of Agriculture.

While most big U.S. retailers are closed on Thanksgiving Day, many will open early the following day — Black Friday, the unofficial start of the holiday gift-buying season and the biggest ...

Cleanup is underway along the Ben Franklin Parkway after the 105th 6abc Dunkin' Thanksgiving Day Parade kicked off the holiday season! Father, son duo turns love for clowns into parade tradition ...

Though the law recognizes both Martin Luther King Day and Inauguration Day as federal holidays, this does not mean that individuals working for private businesses are required to have two days of work ...