Traditionally this day was a time of giving thanks for a bountiful harvest.
The first Thanksgiving in the "New World" was celebrated by the settlers from England and some of the members of the Wampanoag tribe in Plymouth Rock in 1621 and lasted three days.
Thanksgiving did not become a nationwide holiday in the United States until President Abraham Lincoln proclaimed it in 1863.
It moved around over the years but in 1941 Congress finally made the fourth Thursday in November the legal holiday.
Canadians celebrate Thanksgiving on the second Monday in October.
To all who read this blog I wish you a very happy Thanksgiving.
Happy Thanksgiving to you and Judy! Murky day out there, but other than grilling lobster, we'll be inside by the fire. A gluten free sugar free lemon poppy seed cake is baking in the oven. Can't wait to decorate for Christmas!
ReplyDeleteAnd to you and your family, Bruce.
ReplyDeleteHappy Thanksgiving to you & your family. I assume you are making some kind of bread for the occasion!
ReplyDeleteyour friendship is a reason to be grateful and indeed we are. btw-the people at the Jamestown settlement celebrated a thanksgiving 411 years ago--probably the first in the new world.
ReplyDeleteThe continental congress decreed a day of thanksgiving and prayer even as the Brits controlled Philadelphia and the congress was on the run. General George Washington had a Thanksgiving Prayer service at Valley Forge, during that killing winter cold when it seemed so bleak. Later as President he observed a national day of prayer and humility after the war was won. Sara Josepha Hale, writer of Mary had a little Lamb and editor of a woman's magazine spent 36 years campaigning for a national day of Thanks. She started a letter writing campaign and wrote directly to President Lincoln. She has much as anyone is probably responsible for this national holiday. Cheers
And to you and yours.
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Happy Thanksgiving!
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ReplyDeleteHave a Happy Thanksgiving, ours is great since the plumber left. Food will be ready soon and I'm starving. Enjoying a small Jack on the Rocks and Thankful we dodged the SoCal fires. Again.
L. Lewis A gluten free, sugar free cake sounds terrible to me. But the grilled lobster sounds good.
ReplyDeleteShould Fish More - Thanks, Mike.
Red Pat - The dinner rolls I made a week ago and froze served for today's dinner.
Tom Cochrun - Cheers. Yes, I knew about Sara Hale.
Joeh - Thanks Joe.
Anonymous - Thanks Steve.
CheerfulMonk - Thank you.
Jager - Glad you dodged the fires. Enjoy your Jack!
Happy Thanksgiving to you and yours.
ReplyDeleteWe celebrate tomorrow.
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Zhoen - With the amount of food cooked here today I think we'll be celebrating tomorrow and for days to come!
ReplyDeleteSame to you and SWMBO! I hope you had a great one. I recently learned that the "first" Thanksgiving really wasn't the first, since both the Native Americans and the English had long celebrated the harvests. It was just the first one with all of them at the same meal!
ReplyDeleteHappy Thanksgiving to you and yours as well!
ReplyDeleteI'm a day late, but I also wish you a Happy Thanksgiving!
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