First and foremost, WE give THANKS to ALL of OUR Service personnel that are serving to protect US All!
"Thanksgiving, or Thanksgiving Day, is a holiday celebrated in the United
States on the fourth Thursday in November. It became an official
Federal holiday in 1863, when, during the Civil War, President Abraham
Lincoln proclaimed a national day of "Thanksgiving and Praise to our
beneficent Father who dwelleth in the Heavens", to be celebrated on
Thursday, November 26. Also, there are reports that the original
Thanksgiving proclamation was signed by George Washington. As a federal
and public holiday in the U.S., Thanksgiving is one of the major
holidays of the year. Together with Christmas and New Year, Thanksgiving
is a part of the broader holiday season.
The event that Americans commonly call the "First Thanksgiving" was celebrated by the Pilgrims after their first harvest in the New World in 1621. This feast lasted three days, and it was attended by 90 Native Americans (as accounted by attendee Edward Winslow) and 53 Pilgrims. The New England colonists were accustomed to regularly celebrating "thanksgivings"—days of prayer thanking God for blessings such as military victory or the end of a drought."
The event that Americans commonly call the "First Thanksgiving" was celebrated by the Pilgrims after their first harvest in the New World in 1621. This feast lasted three days, and it was attended by 90 Native Americans (as accounted by attendee Edward Winslow) and 53 Pilgrims. The New England colonists were accustomed to regularly celebrating "thanksgivings"—days of prayer thanking God for blessings such as military victory or the end of a drought."
Happy Thanksgiving to Everyone!
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