On the recordOctober 30, 1903
I, Theodore Roosevelt, President of the United States, do hereby designate as a day of general thanksgiving Thursday, the twenty-sixth of the coming November.
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presidency.ucsb.eduI, Theodore Roosevelt, President of the United States, do hereby designate as a day of general thanksgiving Thursday, the twenty-sixth of the coming November.
Proclamation 508—Thanksgiving Day, 1903
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