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Proclamation of Thanksgiving Day, 1908

President Theodore Roosevelt issued a presidential proclamation designating Thursday, November 26, 1908, as a national day of Thanksgiving and prayer.

The proclamation set the date for the national observance and reflected Roosevelt's use of executive proclamations to shape civic ritual and public morale near the end of his administration.

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