Multiple choice general knowledge culture

Who nationalised Thanks Giving Day in US?

  1. George Washington

  2. Abraham Lincoln

  3. Roosevelt

  4. John Adams
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Explanation

Abraham Lincoln formally proclaimed Thanksgiving as a national holiday in 1863 during the Civil War, asking Americans to pray for peace and unity. While George Washington had issued a one-time Thanksgiving proclamation in 1789, Lincoln established it as an annual national tradition. Roosevelt later changed the date in 1939, but Lincoln was the first to nationalize it.

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