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Thanksgiving Turkey Wearing A Cooking Jacket
Thanksgiving Turkey Cooking Jacket

Thanksgiving Turkey Cooking Jacket

USPTO
PATENT NUMBER: 4942809
TITLE: Cooking Jacket
A jacket for use in cooking large pieces of meat, Thanksgiving turkeys, chickens, roasts and the like...

A Bit Of Thanksgiving Day History

  • A resolution was signed by President George Washington on October 3 1789 to officially set a day of public thanksgiving and prayer.

  • On October 3, 1863, the proclamation was made by President Lincoln that beginning on November 26, 1863 - the last Thursday in November was a Day of Thanksgiving. This was then passed by an Act of Congress.

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"MACY'S THANKSGIVING DAY PARADE" is a word mark - Registration Number 2206890

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