Thanksgiving

In the middle of the US Civil War, President Abraham Lincoln, prompted by a series of editorials written by Sarah Hale, proclaimed a national Thanksgiving Day, to be celebrated on the final Thursday in November 1863. It has been celebrated anually since.

However President George Washington was the first President to issue a Proclamation that declared a National Day of Thanksgiving on October 3, 1789.

Thanksgiving as a holiday has roots in ancient harvest festivals and religious traditions, but the specific holiday celebrated in the United States traces back to the early 17th century. The first Thanksgiving in the United States is commonly associated with the Pilgrims in 1621, who held a feast to give thanks for their first successful harvest in the New World. However, Thanksgiving did not become an official national holiday until President Abraham Lincoln proclaimed it as such in 1863 during the Civil War.

No. Thanksgiving is only celebrated in America.

Parliament declared November 6, a day of national Thanksgiving in 1879. The customs of Thanksgiving were brought to Canada by Americans who wished to remain loyal to Britain and not participate in the American Revolutionary War. The first celebration of Thanksgiving in North America occurred in 1578 in a ceremony held by Martin Frobisher and crew in Newfoundland giving thanks for surviving a difficult sea journey.

The true meaning of Thanksgiving is to give thanks for all the things you have that other people might not be as fortunate to have. Things such as health, family, shelter, food, etc. Plus, there is delicious food like turkey, mashed potatoes, pie, cranberries, and stuffing. Yum...

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the modern Thanksgiving holiday tradition traces its origins to a 1621 celebration at Plymouth

thanksgiving is not celebrated in Japan, it is an American holiday!!!!

Probably not. They had squashes; we don't know if they were the type of pumpkin that we would be familiar with. In any case, they did not have ovens, they had no wheat to make flour (that crop had failed in 1621) and they were almost out of sugar, so they would have done something other than make pies.

The year the pilgrims landed in the mayflower.

Thanksgiving itself is only one day, but it is traditionally celebrated for an additional 1 to 2 days after

has to do with the season of fall, when the leaves fall from the trees they are yellow, orange, and brown.

The Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade.

Usually it isnt but it may vary by location.

A horn-shaped basket that contains fruits used to represent Thanksgiving Day.

The very first Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade was held in 1924. This parade has become an American tradition and includes hundreds of floats, horses, bands, and balloons.

They asked Franklin Roosevelt to make Thanksgiving one week earlier. President Roosevelt ignored those concerns in 1933, but when Thanksgiving once again threatened to fall on the last day of November in 1939, FDR reconsidered the request and moved the date of Thanksgiving up one week.

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Canadian Thanksgiving is is on the 2nd Monday of November. The dates can range from the 8th-14th. It is a lot earlier than American Thanksgiving.

Felix the Cat in 1927.

The first Presidential Thanksgiving day proclamation was on 1863.

It is on a Thursday in November in a year a long time ago.

This question has a lot of history behind it - allow me to tersely recapitulate such: On 11/23/39, FDR carved the the turkey at the annual Thanksgiving dinner in Georgia. However, up until this date, most Americans had celebrated Thanksgiving on 11/30.

During FDR's administration, Thanksgiving was not a fixed Holiday - it was up to the present President to declare what date Thanksgiving would be held that year in November.

When Lincoln had been President, he observed Thanksgiving on the last Thursday in November and declared it a national holiday in 1863.

However, during the Great depression, FDR found it difficult to observe Thanksgiving on the last Thursday of November.

During the great depression, FDR was approached to make Thanksgiving held on the 4th Thursday of November to allow more time for people to shop for Christmas. In 1939, FDR moved the Holiday one week up.

Gimbel Brothers Department Store (Gimbels), in Philadelphia, sponsored the first American Thanksgiving day parade in 1920.

This was the topic of discussion this past Thanksgiving. I did my research, as I too was curious. I discovered most female turkeys are used for Thanksgiving. They get a faster turn over on the farms with the females, as they grow faster than the males. Most male turkey meat is used for deli products and turkey burgers, as they can get up to 35 lbs. , which is way to big to fit in an oven. Males ARE called Toms, Females called HENS, younger birds are called JAKES. Females also have more meat on them for the size they are. Females do cost more than a male, but again, most turkeys are females.

Most schools will get out for break the day before Thanksgiving at the end of the day and return to school the following Monday.