Each year on the fourth Thursday in November, Americans gather for a day of feasting, football and family. While today´s Thanksgiving celebrations would likely be unrecognizable to attendees of the original 1621 harvest meal, it continues to be a day for Americans to come together around the table!
Its traditionsand celebrations, Colonists, Native Americans, puritans, Abraham Lincoln,parades, football, turkeys and families are all topics to be discussed!
Here you are, some interesting videos:
History of Thanksgiving
Although Thanksgiving celebration dated back to the first European settlements in America,it wasnot until 1860s that Abraham Lincolndeclared the last Thursday of November to be a National Holiday!
http://www.history.com/topics/thanksgiving/history-of-thanksgiving/videos/history-of-the-thanksgiving-holiday
History of Thanksgiving
Although Thanksgiving celebration dated back to the first European settlements in America,it wasnot until 1860s that Abraham Lincolndeclared the last Thursday of November to be a National Holiday!
http://www.history.com/topics/thanksgiving/history-of-thanksgiving/videos/history-of-the-thanksgiving-holiday
Bet you didn´t know which traditional recipies weren´t served at the first
Thanksgiving celebration
Tired of wrestling with Turkey?
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