ThanksGiving

Hatunen wrote:
On 25 Nov 2004 14:59:23 -0800, (Icono Clast)
wrote:


[The attempt to uploaded this today at 04:50 appears to have failed.
If it's a duplicate, I'm sorry.]

The Fourth Thursday in November, the United States of America
celebrate this holiday with a feast of traditional foods.

George Washington proclaimed it October 3, 1789 and the day was
finalized during the Franklin Delano Roosevelt Administration.

The first ThanksGiving was celebrated in 1621 by the Pilgrims who
gave thanks to the indigenous people for helping them through the
difficult winter of 1620-21 and helping them grow the food with which
they celebrated and gave their thanks.

Thanks for publishing that information. Do you have a source? The only
other place I have seen it was, of all things, a history book published
in East Germany under the Communist regime!
My Colliers encyclopedia doesn't mention the native Americans at all
in connection with Thanksgiving.

T.



The Pilgirms didn't land until late December, 1620, and Squanto
didn't show up until March 1621. In fact the feast that autumn
was to celebrate a pretty good harvest of the crops of summer
1621. Furthermore, the Pilgrims never did it again, so it's hard
to call it the start of a tradition.


Although this holiday is not exclusively ours (Canada celebrates it
about a month before we), it's the closest thing to a unique holiday
we have.


The Fourth of July? Or is that too much lke Bastille Day?


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"Tom Peel" kirjoitti viestissä
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Thanks for publishing that information. Do you have a source? The only
other place I have seen it was, of all things, a history book published
in East Germany under the Communist regime!
My Colliers encyclopedia doesn't mention the native Americans at all
in connection with Thanksgiving.


Google generates by a key of "history of thanksgiving day"

http://wilstar.com/holidays/thankstr.htm as the first row

http://www.historychannel.com/exhibi...ving/main.html as the second
row (from which one can launch a lengthy video show on the matter)

http://www.historychannel.com/exhibi...ving/main.html as the third
row

all of these sources emphasize the natives as saviours of the English colony
which led to the celebration of the Thanksgiving day.

"Tom Peel" kirjoitti viestissä
...
x
Thanks for publishing that information. Do you have a source? The only
other place I have seen it was, of all things, a history book published
in East Germany under the Communist regime!
My Colliers encyclopedia doesn't mention the native Americans at all
in connection with Thanksgiving.


Google generates by a key of "history of thanksgiving day"

http://wilstar.com/holidays/thankstr.htm as the first row

http://www.historychannel.com/exhibi...ving/main.html as the second
row (from which one can launch a lengthy video show on the matter)

http://www.historychannel.com/exhibi...ving/main.html as the third
row

all of these sources emphasize the natives as saviours of the English colony
which led to the celebration of the Thanksgiving day.

On Sun, 28 Nov 2004 16:44:06 +0100, Tom Peel
wrote:

Hatunen wrote:
On 25 Nov 2004 14:59:23 -0800, (Icono Clast)
wrote:


[The attempt to uploaded this today at 04:50 appears to have failed.
If it's a duplicate, I'm sorry.]

The Fourth Thursday in November, the United States of America
celebrate this holiday with a feast of traditional foods.

George Washington proclaimed it October 3, 1789 and the day was
finalized during the Franklin Delano Roosevelt Administration.

The first ThanksGiving was celebrated in 1621 by the Pilgrims who
gave thanks to the indigenous people for helping them through the
difficult winter of 1620-21 and helping them grow the food with which
they celebrated and gave their thanks.

Thanks for publishing that information. Do you have a source? The only
other place I have seen it was, of all things, a history book published
in East Germany under the Communist regime!
My Colliers encyclopedia doesn't mention the native Americans at all
in connection with Thanksgiving.

Google is your friend.


************* DAVE HATUNEN ) *************
* Tucson Arizona, out where the cacti grow *
* My typos & mispellings are intentional copyright traps *