"In 1863, Abraham Lincoln declared two Thanksgivings. One was held in August. The second, held in November, was to give thanks for the nation's blessings. This fall celebration caught on and has been a tradition ever since."
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Linda Bozzo in: Corny Thanksgiving Jokes to Tickle Your Funny Bone, Enslow Publishers, Inc., 1 January 2013, p. 18
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