Wednesday 23 November 2016

United States Thankisgiving

Happy Thanksgiving Neighbourino.

For those of you not familiar with the North American tradition of giving thanks but eating local fowl, here's some history...

In 1621, the Plymouth colonists and Wampanoag Indians shared an autumn harvest feast that is acknowledged today as one of the first Thanksgiving celebrations in the colonies. For more than two centuries, days of thanksgiving were celebrated by individual colonies and states. It wasn’t until 1863, in the midst of the Civil War, that President Abraham Lincoln proclaimed a national Thanksgiving Day to be held each November.

For more history check out this link.
http://www.history.com/topics/thanksgiving/history-of-thanksgiving


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