In the United States, is Thanksgiving Day a religious holiday?

In the United States, is Thanksgiving Day a religious holiday?
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Thanksgiving in the US (and also Canada, a month earlier) is a civil holiday that has religious overtones in the sense that many (but by no means all) religious groups have embraced it.
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