Thanksgiving

THANKSGIVING DAY

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  • THE ORIGINS

    THE ORIGINS
    The origins of Thanksgiving date back to the year 1620 when a ship (the Mayflower) with more than 100 English settlers crossed the Atlantic to settle in the New World.

  • STAY

    STAY
    They settled in what is now the state of Massachusetts, they went hungry, cold, and half the colonists died. The following spring, aided by the Wampanoag Indians, they learned how to plant corn, a plant previously ignored by colonists. The Indians also taught them to grow other foods, to hunt and to fish.

  • START

    START
    Plymouth Thanksgiving began in the fall of the following year with some settlers going out hunting geese and ducks in one day killing enough to serve the company for nearly a week.

  • CELEBRATION

    CELEBRATION
    The Wampanoag contributed venison to the feast, which included poultry and fish, eels, shellfish, stews, vegetables, and beer. Plymouth had few buildings most people ate outside sitting on the ground or in barrels with plates on their laps. The men fired guns, ran races and drank liquor, trying to speak English and Wampanoag.

  • THE CONTINENTAL CONGRESS OF THE USA

    THE CONTINENTAL CONGRESS OF THE USA
    The Continental Congress of the USA Proclaimed a National Thanksgiving Day after the promulgation of the Constitution, after 1798, the new Congress of the United States left the Thanksgiving declarations to the states some people did not like the idea and others yes.

  • ABRAHAM LINCOLN

    ABRAHAM LINCOLN
    On October 3, 1863, during the Civil War, Abraham Lincoln officially proclaimed a national day of thanksgiving .

  • THE BIMBEL DEPARTMENT STORE IN PHILADELPHIA

    THE BIMBEL DEPARTMENT STORE IN PHILADELPHIA
    In 1920, the Gimbel department store in Philadelphia organized a parade of about 50 people with Santa Claus at the rear of the procession. Since 1924, the annual Macy's parade in New York City has continued the tradition, with huge balloons since 1927. The holiday associated with Pilgrims and Native Americans has come to symbolize intercultural peace, America's opportunity for newcomers and the sanctity of home and family.

  • President Franklin D. Roosevelt

    President Franklin D. Roosevelt
    President Franklin D. Roosevelt tried to extend the Christmas shopping season to boost the economy by moving the date back to the week, to the third week of November. But not all states complied and, after a joint congressional resolution in 1941, Roosevelt issued a proclamation in 1942 designating the fourth Thursday in November