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7 Interesting Facts About the Thanksgiving Holiday

By Michael Gryboski, Editor

Congress Makes It Official

The U.S. Capitol dome and U.S. Senate in Washington.
The U.S. Capitol dome and U.S. Senate in Washington. | (Photo: REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst)

After the controversy over President Franklin D. Roosevelt's moving of Thanksgiving, Congress passed a resolution in 1941 fixing the date for the observance.

"The Federal Thanksgiving Day holiday was established in 1941 following the passage of a joint resolution, H.J. Res. 41, by the House of Representatives on October 6, 1941, declaring the 'last Thursday in November a legal holiday,'" noted a Library of Congress website entry from 2010.

"The Senate then passed an amendment 'making the fourth Thursday in November a legal holiday.' President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed the resolution on December 6, 1941, with the law taking effect from 1942."

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