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.
