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Hawaii State Holidays
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 By presidential proclamation the fourth Thursday in November is Thanksgiving day. Every state observes this day as a legal public holiday. George Washington proclaimed November 26, 1789, as Thanksgiving Day after Congress asked him to name a day of public thanksgiving and prayer for the time of prosperity, freedom, and hope after the long war. Thanksgiving Day had been celebrated by the colonists since the first days of the settlements. They celebrated a day of thanksgiving for their safe arrival and proclaimed that their arrival day, December 4, should be observed each year. The pilgrims who landed in Plymouth, Massachusetts, in November 1620 celebrated a thanksgiving day after the first harvest to give thanks for having lived through the dangers of the past year. Now, Thanksgiving Day is most often celebrated as a family, rather than a public holiday. |
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