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Happy Thanksgiving to you!

While you’re waiting to tuck into some sweet potato casserole today, take advantage
of free
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to start your holiday shopping and pick up a genealogy how-to book or CD for yourself.

Then, enjoy some documents
and photos from the National Archives related to the story of Thanksgiving in the
United States, including George Washington’s Oct. 3, 1789, Thanksgiving Day Proclamation,
and Abraham Lincoln’s Thanksgiving Day Proclamation of Oct. 3, 1863.