Thanksgiving weather history and the polar vortex
Randy Mann.
JAKE PARRISH/Press
Thanksgiving is this Thursday, Nov. 27, and there is a good possibility of some rain and snow across the region. The holiday has been observed every fourth Thursday since 1942, so has been as early as Nov. 22 and as late as Nov. 28.
According to the U.S. National Archives and an article from www.cleveland.com, President George Washington declared Nov. 26, 1789, as a day of Thanksgiving, our first official Thanksgiving. From 1790 through 1862, there were various days scattered throughout the year declared as Thanksgiving by sitting presidents. Then, in 1863, President Lincoln declared Thanksgiving to be the last Thursday in November. This policy remained in effect until 1939 when President Roosevelt moved Thanksgiving to the second to the last Thursday of November. In late 1941, President Roosevelt and Congress established that the fourth Thursday of November would be Thanksgiving Day, a tradition that still exists today.
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