A Nation Gives Thanks - November 26, 1789

from The Daily History Chronicle · host Richard G Backus

President Washington's first national Thanksgiving proclamation started a tradition that would evolve through mythology, crisis, and cultural change into America's most universally observed holiday, revealing how nations construct shared narratives and why gratitude matters.

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