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Wilson proclaims Thanksgiving Day for November 28, 1918

President Woodrow Wilson issued a proclamation designating Thursday, November 28, 1918, as a national day of thanksgiving and prayer following the armistice that ended major fighting in World War I.

The proclamation marked an official, national observance of gratitude after the armistice and signaled the administration's move from wartime mobilization toward peacetime commemoration and reconciliation.

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