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Thanksgiving Day 2024 History Facts. Celebrated annually on the fourth thursday of november, thanksgiving is a national observance in the united states. Although prayers and thanks were probably offered at the 1621 harvest gathering, the first recorded religious thanksgiving day in plymouth happened two years later in 1623.

The legend of the american thanksgiving holiday is said to have been based on a feast of thanksgiving in the early days of the american colonies almost 400 years ago. Thanksgiving day, annual national holiday in the united states and canada celebrating the harvest and other blessings of the past year.