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QUESTION: When did Michigan first celebrate Thanksgiving?
a. 1829
b. 1840
c. 1851
d. 1863
ANSWER: A. In 1829, before Michigan even achieved statehood, territorial Gov. Lewis Cass declared Nov. 25 to be a day of Thanksgiving. It became an official federal holiday in 1863, when President Lincoln set the last Thursday in November as a day of "thanksgiving and praise."