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Thanksgiving is a national
holiday in the United States. It is celebrated each year on the fourth Thursday in
November.
On this day, families gather together, and
many people say prayers of thanks for the years blessings. In many homes, a big
dinner of roast turkey and dressing is served.
Thanksgiving is traditionally a harvest
festival. Similar festivals are celebrated in many parts of the world to give thanks after
the years crops have been safely harvested.
Canada celebrates it's Thanksgiving the
second Monday in October. The first American Thanksgiving probably took place in New
England.
It was celebrated by the Pilgrim settlers, who established Plymouth Colony in
Massachusetts in 1620.
The Pilgrims had struggled bravely through a
grim winter with much sickness and little food. Only about half of the original group who
had sailed across the Atlantic in the Mayflower managed to survive. The following spring,
friendly Indians helped the settlers to plant corn, and in the autumn, the first crop was
harvested. Governor William Bradford proclaimed three days of prayer and thanksgiving. The
Pilgrims gave a huge feast and invited the Indian Chief, Massosoit, and 90 of his people.
The custom of observing a
special harvest thanksgiving day spread throughout the other colonies in the following
years. After the American Revolution, the various states continued the custom, each one
naming it's own day for giving thanks. In 1863, President Abraham Lincoln proclaimed the
first national Thanksgiving Day on the last Thursday in November. The present date was
established by Congress in 1941.
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Cornucopia
(from Latin, cornu copiae, meaning horn of plenty), goat's curved
horn brimming over with fruit and ears of grain; motif in art and architecture; since
ancient times a symbol of abundance.
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Giving Thanks
For flowers that bloom about
our feet, Father, we thank Thee.
For tender grass so fresh and sweet, Father, we thank Thee.
For the song of bird and hum of bee,
For all things fair we hear and see, Father in Heaven, we thank Thee.
For blue of stream and blue of sky, Father, we thank Thee.
For pleasent shade of branches high, Father, we thank Thee.
For fragrent air and cooling breeze,
For beauty of the blooming trees, Father in Heaven, we thank Thee.
For every morning with its light, Father, we thank Thee.
For rest and shelter of the night, Father, we thank Thee.
For health and food, for love and friends,
For everything Thy goodness sends, Father in Heaven, we thank Thee. ~Ralph Waldo Emerson~
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