From 1939 to 1941 it was celebrated on the second to last Thursday in November
However, Thanksgiving was always the last Thursday in November because 
that ... Franklin Roosevelt observed Thanksgiving on the second to last Thursday 
of ... 1941, ensuring that all Americans would celebrate a unified Thanksgiving on
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