Still taking this from Oneida Joyce Martin's "Devotions for Clubs and Life."
ABRAHAM LINCOLN TO THE RESCUE
After the Union victory at Gettysburg in 1863, President Lincoln proclaimed the fourth Thursday in November as Thanksgiving Day.
Businessmen seeking relief from the Great Depression by having a longer Christmas shopping season, got President Roosevelt to move it to the third Thursday in 1939, but after three years of protest agreed to return it to the fourth Thursday.
A TURKEY STORY
The abiding symbol of Thanksgiving, the turkey, was originally a wild bird known to Mexicans and Central Americans. Early Spanish explorers took it to Europe and the bird was finally domesticated in Turkey. Hence the name.
Sounds Turkish to Me. --Old Coot
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