How FDR Tried To Make Thanksgiving Arrive Earlier
When a president's rendezvous with destiny puts him in a position to save his nation's economy from ruin, he probably can be forgiven for thinking it's all right to use his power to move the Thanksgiving Day holiday.
Rescheduling Thanksgiving Day is exactly what President Franklin D. Roosevelt tried to do in 1939.
As NPR's Michelle Norris discussed on All Things Considered with Melanie Kirkpatrick who wrote a piece for Wednesday's Wall Street Journal, in 1939 FDR caused controversy by declaring that Thanksgiving would occur one week earlier.
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Rescheduling Thanksgiving Day is exactly what President Franklin D. Roosevelt tried to do in 1939.
As NPR's Michelle Norris discussed on All Things Considered with Melanie Kirkpatrick who wrote a piece for Wednesday's Wall Street Journal, in 1939 FDR caused controversy by declaring that Thanksgiving would occur one week earlier.