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Issued by George Washington during his first year as President, the proclamation designated November 26 as "a day of publick thanksgiving and prayer, to be observed by acknowledging with grateful hearts the many and signal favors of Almighty God."
Read the text of the General Thanksgiving Proclamation here.
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