United States President <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abraham_Lincoln" id="mwSQ" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Abraham Lincoln">Abraham Lincoln</a> proclaims November 26 as a national <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thanksgiving_(United_States)" id="mwSg" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Thanksgiving (United States)">Thanksgiving Day</a>, to be celebrated annually on the final Thursday of November.  Following the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franksgiving" id="mwSw" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Franksgiving">Franksgiving</a> controversy from 1939 to 1941, it has been observed on the fourth Thursday in 1942 and subsequent years.