Thanksgiving: Day and Traditions

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Thanksgiving 2024

Thanksgiving Day is a national holiday in the United States, and Thanksgiving 2024 occurs on Thursday, November 28.

“The reason that we have so many myths associated with Thanksgiving is that it is an invented tradition. It doesn’t originate in any one event. It is based on the New England puritan Thanksgiving, which is a religious Thanksgiving, and the traditional harvest celebrations of England and New England and maybe other ideas like commemorating […]

First Thanksgiving Meal

Thanksgiving Turkey While no records exist of the exact bill of fare, the Pilgrim chronicler Edward Winslow noted in his journal that the colony’s governor, William Bradford, sent four men on a “fowling” mission in preparation for the three‑day event: “Our harvest being gotten in, our governor sent four men on fowling, that so we […]

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Thanksgiving Turkey

Deep frying turkeys is a southern trend that is now spreading across the United States.

First Thanksgiving Meal

Find out which traditional recipes weren’t served at the first Thanksgiving celebration

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Thanksgiving Day Parade Tech

At the Macy’s Studio in Hoboken, NJ, technicians work year round to construct floats and balloons for the Thanksgiving Day Parade.

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Thanksgiving Becomes a Holiday

Early Puritans observed Thanksgiving days of prayer, but Sarah Josepha Hale’s crusade for a national day of thanks is what ultimately gave us Thanksgiving.

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