Thanksgiving

After their first harvest, the colonists of Plymouth held a celebration of food and feasting in the fall of 1621. Indian chiefs Massassoit, Squanto and Samoset joined in the celebration with ninety of their men in the three-day event. This is said to be the first North American day of Thanksgiving. On October 3, 1863, President Abraham Lincoln issued a proclamation calling for the observance of the fourth Tuesday of November as a national holiday.

There isn't one. There are hundreds of famous chiefs depending upon the tribe you are speaking about. For instance, there was Cochise, Uncas, Chief Joseph, Tecumseh, Red Cloud to name just a few.

The Detroit Lions tradition started in 1934 by then owner G.A. Richards looking for a Holiday contest.

The Dallas Cowboys tradition started in the 60's when the NFL was looking for another team and only Dallas accepted a Thursday game late in the season.

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President Abraham Lincoln proclaimed a national Thanksgiving Day during the Civil War, on October 3, 1863.

He asked that the nation give thanks for the Union on the last Thursday of November. That made the first true national autumn Thanksgiving on Thursday, November 26, 1863, recognizing a long-standing New England tradition of placing the holiday on the fourth Thursday in November.

He did it partially to help soothe the national mood, which was weary of the Civil War. He declared Thanksgiving again for November 23, 1864. In 1865, his successor, Andrew Johnson, declared a Thanksgiving for December 7, 1865, and presidents traditionally declared a Thanksgiving for every autumn since. (Andrew Johnson was the first to give government employees the day off, making it a legal holiday.)

In 1941, Congress passed a bill, and FDR signed it, that fixed the date as the fourth Thursday in November. FDR attempted to move the holiday to the third Thursday in November, but Congress enacted a law to fix the date at the fourth Thursday in November, thus making it an "official" holiday. On November 26, 1941, FDR signed the bill.

See the Related Link for a complete time line of the history of Thanksgiving.

George Washington was the first President to declare a national day of Thanksgiving.

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You are probably referring to Sarah Josepha Hale.

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Depends where you buy it from, how fresh it is, the size of the Turkey and quality of it (where did they get it from)

She wanted her people to go to Church and thank God because England's greatest foreign enemy, Spain, had finally been defeated.

-Ayla Lim, 5th grader

No, that is not true at all. Thanksgiving is at least as "Christian" a holiday as Christmas itself is. In the original the "thanks" in question were being "given" to God.

Some sects operate under a sort of generalized "all holidays are bad" umbrella belief, and as such do not celebrate Thanksgiving. However, it's definitely peculiar to a few sects rather than being a common Christian belief.

That depends if you are talking about the current generation of parents or of children. In my 30 something generation, I have seen a good deal of my fellow parents falling down on the job. It is too much trouble to properly discipline, so they just turn a blind eye or take the path of least resistance. They want their kids to have more then they did, but they don't want to take the time or trouble of having the child earn it. Things are just handed to them. A generation is not born one way or another. They are shaped into what they are. On the other hand, there are still plenty of good parents and children out there. It is generally not looked well upon to put one type of people into a group and judge them all the same. If you are not careful, it quickly becomes discrimination.

I say for the most part, yes.

I would say knife so they could carve the turkey.

Not unless it is the 25th-24th of November.

According to howstuffworks.com they use approximately 400,000 cubic feet of helium to keep all of the balloons in the parade afloat.
Initially, the balloons were air-filled and carried by string. Later, a mixture of low-density helium and air was used. quoted from howstuffworks.com

Massassoit [c. 1581-1661] was the Wampanoag Chief who attended the first Thanksgiving at Plymouth Colony. He had made himself well known to the Pilgrims. He headed the Pokanoket indians, who were members of the Wampanoag Confederacy. He was concerned about the Pokanoket rivals, the Narragansett. He didn't want the Narragansett to benefit from Pilgrim presence in the area. So he concluded a friendly treaty with the Pilgrims on March 22, 1621. That's why he was happy to be invited to the Thanksgiving celebrations. And that's also why the Pilgrims were happy at the Chief's acceptance.

What is the history of Thanksgiving in United States? The initial "Thanksgiving" feast, held in 1621, was really a traditional English harvest celebration. The Pilgrims shared it with the Native Americans because they had taught the colonists to plants crops and hunt wild game. Without the Native Americans, the Pilgrims may not have survived the harsh winter and been able to celebrate their first harvest of plentiful crops in the New World. The colonists' first harvest feast lasted for three days. Food was served all at once, instead of in courses, so people ate whatever they pleased in the order that they desired. The more important members at the feast were given the best pieces of meat, while the rest of the diners ate whatever was closest to them. Since the Pilgrims didn't use forks or plates, they ate their meal straight off the table with spoons, knives or their fingers. They used large napkins to wipe their hands and also wrapped it around food when it was too hot to hold

Twenty-eight women crossed the ocean on the Mayflower in 1620. By the time of the first Thanksgiving celebration in 1621, only four adult women were still alive.

Nobody has been killed by a balloon in the Macy's parade. There have been a large number of injuries, including a woman that was in a coma for a month after the incident.

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Depends on your local Safeway, they could be open. Be prepared to stand in long lines and go through lots of people.

2013. If your birthday falls on thanksgiving in a given years, your birthday will be on thanksgiving 28 years later and 3 other years in intervals of 5, 6, or 11 years.

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