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Cedar Rapids Gazette in Cedar Rapids, Iowa

22 Nov 2020

Page 28

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Cedar Rapids Gazette

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Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

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Nov 22, 2020

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28

Iowa’s First Territorial Thanksgiving Proclaimed

The article notes Iowa’s first territorial Thanksgiving was proclaimed by John Chambers in December 1844 in Burlington. It cites Chambers’ call to unite voices in thanksgiving for divine blessings and mentions subsequent governors and sparse 1840s-era notes in the Burlington Hawk-Eye.

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Owa Robert Lucas New England Iowa John Chambers Kentucky Chambers Burlington James Clarke Iowa City Ansel Briggs Burlington Hawk
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Iowa first Thanksgiving proclamations and key figures

Digest of Iowa history tracing Ansel Briggs first governor and 1847 statewide Thanksgiving proclamation. Notes misattributions to Grimes and Lincoln's 1863 national adoption. Mentions Cedar Rapids schools site, Palmer Building marker, and Sarah Josepha Hale influence on Thanksgiving holiday.

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Iowa Ansel Briggs Briggs United States Fifth St Cedar Rapids John F. Ely The History Center Abraham Lincoln Sarah Josepha Hale Mary Godey Lowa James W. Grimes
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