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The document provides a brief history of Thanksgiving in the United States. It discusses how the Pilgrims first celebrated Thanksgiving after a successful harvest in Plymouth in 1621. It then mentions how Abraham Lincoln proclaimed Thanksgiving a national holiday in 1863, designating the last Thursday of November. The summary concludes with Franklin Roosevelt approving changing the date to the fourth Thursday of November in 1941.
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