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    Why We Celebrate Thanksgiving On The 4th Thursday Of November

    There is an explanation, but you have to go back to things decreed by Presidents Washington, Lincoln and Roosevelt (FDR, that is).
    by Tanya Ballard Brown Nov 28, 2019 1 minute

    Move Thanksgiving to Friday? That's what F.B. Haviland asked President Herbert Hoover in 1929.

    Didn't happen. But while we're on the subject, ever wonder why we carve our gobblers on the fourth Thursday

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