Americans celebrate Thanksgiving Day on the fourth Thursday of November largely because of successful lobbying by Fred Lazarus, Jr., the Jewish American founder of the Ohio-based Federated Department Stores in 1939.
Mr. Lazarus convinced then-President Franklin D. Roosevelt to issue a national proclamation and in 1941 the U.S. Congress passed a law that ensured Thanksgiving Day would be celebrated no later than Nov. 28.
According to ATouchofBusiness.com, merchants wanted a longer period to sell goods so pushing Thanksgiving Day a week earlier expanded the shopping season.
Where did the story of the first Thanksgiving Day, when the Indians and Pilgrims ate turkey and corn to celebrate their successful harvest in 1621, come from?
“That’s pure propaganda, a mythology needed to manage and protect threats against the power of capitalism,” Dr. Jared Ball, professor of media studies at Morgan State University explained to The Final Call.
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