Cubanelle Pepper. A long slender banana-shaped pepper that is considered to be a sweet pepper, despite having a mild to moderate spicy heat. Ranging in color from green to yellow or red, this pepper has a glossy outer skin that is smooth and firm in texture. Also known as Italian frying pepper, this pepper is mildly hot and very similar to an Anaheim pepper.
For 75 years after Lincoln issued his Thanksgiving Proclamation, succeeding presidents honored the tradition and annually issued their own Thanksgiving Proclamation, declaring the last Thursday in November as the day of Thanksgiving. However, in 1939, President Franklin D. Roosevelt did not.
As a US national holiday, Thanksgiving first became an annual tradition in 1863. George Washington had proclaimed Thanksgiving celebrations in 1789 and 1795, John Adams in 1798 and 1799, and James Madison in 1814 after the War of 1812.