When is Thanksgiving? What is it?

Thanksgiving in the United States is celebrated on the fourth Thursday of November. Thanksgiving 2025 is being celebrated on Thursday, Nov. 27.

The holiday originated as a harvest festival. The event that Americans typically call the “First Thanksgiving” was celebrated by the Pilgrims after their first harvest in the New World in October 1621.

Thanksgiving became a national holiday in the U.S. when President Abraham Lincoln in October 1862 proclaimed a national day of “Thanksgiving” during the Civil War. The Proclamation was written by his Secretary of State William Seward , of Auburn, N.Y.

See what’s open and closed on Thanksgiving:

Are banks open on Thanksgiving?

No, banks are closed on Thursday, but open on Friday.

Is stock market open on Thank

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