Thanksgiving Day, as the name itself suggests, is a
time to offer thanks. On this occasion there are family gatherings and
holiday meals, giant balloons and holiday parades. On the dinner table
turkey is the most common item along with pumpkin pies. It's the time
for all the fun with your family. We present you with the entire Special
Thanksgiving Holiday assortment all our readers such as stories of the
Pilgrims and the first Thanksgiving, some very interesting Turkey facts,
tasty holiday recipes, Thanksgiving Games, the history behind
Thanksgiving, the Lincoln's proclamation of Thanksgiving, Thanksgiving
Crafts and much more.
It will fall on date 26th November in the year 2009. Celebrated
as the national holiday in the United States to commemorate the harvest
reaped by the Plymouth Colony in 1621 after a winter of great starvation
and privation, this day was proclaimed as a Thanksgiving Day in that
year itself by the then Governor William Bradford and the feast was
shared by all the colonists and the neighboring Native Americans. Since
then, the tradition of observing the Thanksgiving Day has continued.
George Washington proclaimed the first national Thanksgiving Day on
November 26th, 1789.
