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THANKSGIVING
THANKSGIVING has come and you may not know what it is all about.Well, I am giving you some fast facts:
1. Thanksgiving Day is celebrated on the fourth Thursday in November in the United States. Thanksgiving Day is celebrated on the second Monday in October in Canada.
2. By the fall of 1621 only half of the pilgrims, who had sailed on the Mayflower, survived. The survivors, thankful to be alive, decided to give a thanksgiving feast. The Plymouth Pilgrims were the first to celebrate the Thanksgiving.
3. The Pilgrim leader, Governor William Bradford, had organized the first Thanksgiving feast in the year 1621 and invited the neighboring Wampanoag Indians also to the feast.
4. The first Thanksgiving feast was held in the presence of around ninety Wampanoag and it lasted three days.
2. By the fall of 1621 only half of the pilgrims, who had sailed on the Mayflower, survived. The survivors, thankful to be alive, decided to give a thanksgiving feast. The Plymouth Pilgrims were the first to celebrate the Thanksgiving.
3. The Pilgrim leader, Governor William Bradford, had organized the first Thanksgiving feast in the year 1621 and invited the neighboring Wampanoag Indians also to the feast.
4. The first Thanksgiving feast was held in the presence of around ninety Wampanoag and it lasted three days.
5. President George Washington issued the first national Thanksgiving Day Proclamation in the year 1789 and again in 1795.
6. Sarah Josepha Hale, an editor with Ladies’ Magazine, started a Thanksgiving campaign in 1827. Due to her efforts, in 1863 Thanksgiving was observed as a day for national thanksgiving and prayer.
7. Abraham Lincoln issued a 'Thanksgiving Proclamation' on third October 3, 1863 and officially set aside the last Thursday of November as the national day for Thanksgiving. Before President Lincoln made this happen, each president used to make an annual proclamation to specify the day when Thanksgiving was to be held.
8. President Franklin D. Roosevelt restored Thursday before last of November as Thanksgiving Day in the year 1939. He did so to make the Christmas shopping season longer which would stimulate the economy.
9. Congress passed an official proclamation in 1941 and declared that Thanksgiving would be observed as a legal holiday on the fourth Thursday of November every year.
10.Traditional foods like turkey, stuffing and pumpkin pie are served by many on Thanksgiving Day.
6. Sarah Josepha Hale, an editor with Ladies’ Magazine, started a Thanksgiving campaign in 1827. Due to her efforts, in 1863 Thanksgiving was observed as a day for national thanksgiving and prayer.
7. Abraham Lincoln issued a 'Thanksgiving Proclamation' on third October 3, 1863 and officially set aside the last Thursday of November as the national day for Thanksgiving. Before President Lincoln made this happen, each president used to make an annual proclamation to specify the day when Thanksgiving was to be held.
8. President Franklin D. Roosevelt restored Thursday before last of November as Thanksgiving Day in the year 1939. He did so to make the Christmas shopping season longer which would stimulate the economy.
9. Congress passed an official proclamation in 1941 and declared that Thanksgiving would be observed as a legal holiday on the fourth Thursday of November every year.
10.Traditional foods like turkey, stuffing and pumpkin pie are served by many on Thanksgiving Day.
 Pumpkins are a Thanksgiving favorite for about 400 years. |
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 Turkey is an inseparable part of Thanksgiving celebration. |
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 Corn were a part of first thanks giving feast & are popular till date. |
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 Cranberry sauce is turkey's favorite thanksgiving feast partner. |
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 Cornucopia is a horn-shaped basket filled with fruits & goodies |
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 Beans are regarded as the third of the Indian Three Sisters. |
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