Thanksgiving Day

The New England colonists were accustomed to regularly celebrating “Thanksgivings,” days of prayer thanking God for blessings such as military victory or the end of a drought. The U.S. Continental Congress

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Veterans Day

In November 1919, President Woodrow Wilson proclaimed Nov. 11 as Armistice Day, recognizing the end of World War I. Armistice Day was made a legal holiday in 1938, and was

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