Transcript of President George Washington’s Thanksgiving Proclamation from October 3, 1789. By the President of the United States of America— A Proclamation. This is the original text of the first Thanksgiving proclamation by a U.S. president (delivered by George Washington in 1789). George Washington was first approached by members of the House of Representatives to offer a national day of thanksgiving after the end of the Revolutionary War and the development of a new Constitution establishing the rule of law, democratic government, and civil liberties. The National Thanksgiving Proclamation was the first formal proclamation of Thanksgiving in America. George Washington, the first President of the United States, made this proclamation on October 3, 1789, in New York City George Washington first mentioned the possibility of a national Thanksgiving Day in a confidential letter to James Madison in August 1789 (just months after taking office), asking for his advice on approaching the Senate for their opinion on “a day of thanksgiving.” Letter from George Washington to the Annual Meeting of Quakers (1789) September, 1789 The National Thanksgiving Proclamation was the first presidential proclamation of Thanksgiving in the United States. At the request of Congress, President George Washington declared Thursday, November 26, 1789 as a day of public thanksgiving and prayer. [1] Transcript of President George Washington’s Thanksgiving Proclamation from October 3, 1789. By the President of the United States of America— A Proclamation. Washington issued a proclamation on October 3, 1789, designating Thursday, November 26 as a national day of thanks. In his proclamation, Washington declared that the necessity for such a day sprung from the Almighty’s care of Americans prior to the Revolution, assistance to them in achieving independence, and help in establishing the ...
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