President Abraham Lincoln proclaimed that Thanksgiving would be a national holiday, observed on the last Thursday of November, in 1863.
Source: Census Bureau
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November 22, 2009
Minnesota is expected to be the top turkey-producing state in 2009, raising 45.5 million of the Thanksgiving bird.
Source: Census Bureau
November 21, 2009
Of the 709 million pounds of cranberries estimated to be produced in the U.S. in 2009, 400 million pounds will come from Wisconsin.
Source: Census Bureau
November 20, 2009
The 2009 forecast for turkey sale receipts to farmers is $3.8 billion.
Source: Census Bureau
November 19, 2009
President Abraham Lincoln delivered the Gettysburg Address on Nov. 19, 1863.
Source: Library of Congress
November 18, 2009
At noon on Nov. 18, 1883, the U.S. Naval Observatory changed its telegraphic signals to correspond to the four standard time zones that were created in the continental U.S. The railroads were responsible for prompting the introduction of time zones.
Source: Library of Congress
FactCheck Mailbag, Week of Nov. 10-Nov. 16
This week, readers sent us comments on the federal health plan, our Just The Facts! vidcast and the H1N1 vaccine.
In the FactCheck Mailbag we feature some of the e-mail we receive. Readers can send comments to editor@factcheck.org. Letters may be edited for length.
November 17, 2009
California’s American Indian and Alaska Native population, the highest of any state, was 738,978, as of July 1, 2008. Oklahoma’s population, 406,492, was the second highest.
Source: Census Bureau
November 16, 2009
As of July 1, 2008, 4.9 million American Indians and Alaska Natives were living in the U.S. That’s 1.6 percent of the total population.
Source: Census Bureau
November 15, 2009
In 1990, President George H.W. Bush was the first president to designate November as "National American Indian Heritage Month."
Source: Census Bureau