Thanksgiving: The American Spirit (open access)

Thanksgiving: The American Spirit

Pamphlet documenting a timeline of early American history, focusing on the creation of the Thanksgiving holiday and the underlying reasons, with images of original documents and selected quotations from American Presidents and from Congress.
Date: 1992
Creator: National Thanksgiving Commission at Thanks-Giving Square
System: The Portal to Texas History
"With united hearts...": The First Day All America Prayed Together (open access)

"With united hearts...": The First Day All America Prayed Together

Pamphlet describing the history of the establishment of a national day of prayer by the Continental Congress and how it let to the establishment of the Thanksgiving holiday.
Date: October 1975
Creator: Thanks-Giving Square Foundation
System: The Portal to Texas History
Visionary Realist: Washington Saved Thanksgiving for the New Nation in 1789 (open access)

Visionary Realist: Washington Saved Thanksgiving for the New Nation in 1789

Pamphlet describing the early history of the Thanksgiving holiday in the United States, including the proclamation by George Washington.
Date: unknown
Creator: National Thanksgiving Commission at Thanks-Giving Square
System: The Portal to Texas History