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The term Franksgiving, a portmanteau of Franklin and Thanksgiving, was coined by Atlantic City mayor Charles D. White in 1939. In 1941, Congress compromised by fixing Thanksgiving on the fourth Thursday of November.
Nov 22, 2017 · In 1939, President Franklin Delano Roosevelt faced a dilemma. He was responsible for declaring the last Thursday of November to be a day of Thanksgiving—something American presidents had done ...
Nov 24, 2021 · In 1939, half of America celebrated Thanksgiving, and the other half celebrated “Franksgiving.” To boost the economy, President Franklin D. Roosevelt moved Thanksgiving up a week to create an ...
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Nov 26, 2014 · The year was 1939—exactly 75 years ago—and FDR had just announced that he was moving Thanksgiving up by one week. The origins behind the change were innocent enough.
- Josh Zeitz
Nov 10, 2019 · November 1939: ‘The Great Turkey Issue’. In the summer of 1939, an executive order was whimsically issued by the President of the United States, while vacationing at his resort.
Nov 18, 2020 · In 1939, President Franklin D. Roosevelt moved Thanksgiving from the last Thursday of November to the second-to-last Thursday to help retailers during the Great Depression. This caused confusion and controversy across the country and led to a congressional law fixing the date in 1941.
In fact, in 1939, President Franklin D. Roosevelt made a controversial decision to move the holiday one week earlier than usual, hoping to boost the economy during the Great Depression. This...
