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Coolidge issues Thanksgiving Day proclamation for 1923

President Coolidge issued the annual Thanksgiving proclamation designating Thursday, November 29, 1923, as a day of national thanksgiving and prayer.

The proclamation continued a long-standing presidential role in setting national holidays and reflected Coolidge's use of formal proclamations to promote civic unity and traditional observance.

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