Charles City / Philadelphia / St. Augustine / Plymouth / /
Company
The Washington Post / /
Facility
American Enterprise Institute / /
Holiday
national holiday / Thanksgiving / /
Organization
Congress / the Johns Hopkins University / Johns Hopkins University Zanvyl Krieger School of Arts and Sciences / American Enterprise Institute / /
Person
John Quincy Adams / Bill Clinton / George W. Bush / Franklin Delano Roosevelt / Dorthea Wolfson / Abraham Lincoln / Sarah Josepha Hale / Gilbert Stuart / Sarah Lovenheim / John Adams / Ronald Reagan / George Washington / Carl Sferrazza Anthony / Michael Novak / Thomas Jefferson / Andrew Jackson / Providence / /
Position
author / first president / associate program chair / native and renowned fashion magazine editor / beneficent Author / female Thanksgiving advocate / /
ProvinceOrState
Virginia / District of Columbia / Florida / Massachusetts / New Hampshire / /
How a lobbying campaign helped make Thanksgiving a national holiday George Washington was the first president to proclaim Thanksgiving a national holiday. (AP photo/painting by Gilbert Stuart) By Sarah Lovenheim