Thanksgiving Day 2024 History. Discover the history and origins of this traditional american holiday, observed every year on the 4th thursday in november. The first official, annual thanksgiving in canada was celebrated on 6 november 1879, though indigenous peoples in canada have a history of celebrating the fall harvest that.

Thanksgiving day is a national holiday in the united states, and thanksgiving 2023 occurs on thursday, november 23. What is the true history of thanksgiving in america—and whatever happened.