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Thanksgiving, you can't keep a good holiday down

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Question 1:

December 18, 1777, was the first time all 13 original American colonies held a Thanksgiving observance. What event did the colonies commemorate?

	Victory over the British at Saratoga			The final withdrawal of British forces from North America

	France's help in winning the war

Question 2:

On Nov 26, 1789, and Feb 19, 1795, President George Washington proclaimed National Days of Thanksgiving. Don't hold your breath now, when was the next one held?

	1812			1798

	1804

Question 3:

After a long effort, Sarah Josepha Hale, the editor of Boston Ladies' Magazine and Godey's Lady's Book convinced President Lincoln to declare Thanksgiving a national holiday in 1863. Hale also authored what well-known book?

	101 Tasty Ways to Cook Otter			Mary Had a Little Lamb

	The Little Engine That Could

Question 4:

Presidential poking around. Lincoln's successor Andrew Johnson moved Thanksgiving 1865 to the first Thursday in December. Not wanting to be upstaged, when did U.S. Grant hold Thanksgiving 1869?

	The last Thursday of October			The first Thursday of November

	The third Thursday of November

Question 5:

In 1939, President Franklin Delano Roosevelt declared the next-to-last Thursday in November as Thanksgiving, at the urging of which group?

	National Candlemakers League			American Catholic Bishops

	National Retail Dry Goods Association