We’ve had thanksgivings for centuries, but #Thanksgiving arguably became an annual national holiday in the US with Abraham Lincoln’s 1863 Thanksgiving Proclamation.

Twenty-three Thanksgiving stories written between then and 1928 appear in Thanksgiving Day in Modern Story, edited by Minnesota librarian Maud Van Buren and teacher Katharine I. Bemis. The book’s copyright is now older than the annual observance was when it was published. I’m thankful it ends in 39 days. #PublicDomainDayCountdown