Happy Thanksgiving

Student Name: Melissa Drouillard

Date: November 19th 2010

Mr. Jiang, MECPS

What is the history of Thanksgiving?

• The first American Thanksgiving was celebrated in 1621, to commemorate the harvest reaped by the Plymouth Colony after a harsh winter. In that year Governor William Bradford proclaimed a day of thanksgiving. The colonists celebrated it as a traditional English harvest feast, to which they invited the local Wampanoag Indians.

Days of thanksgiving were celebrated throughout the colonies after fall harvests. All thirteen colonies did not, however, celebrate Thanksgiving at the same time until October 1777. George Washington was the first president to declare the holiday, in 1789.

When

• On the fourth Thursday of every November, Americans celebrate Thanksgiving. Airports and roads are jammed. More than 40 million Americans travel from state to state to celebrate the holiday

• On Thanksgiving Day, Americans give thanks for the blessings of the past year. They feast, celebrate, and play games.

How do we celebrate?

Tradition

• Family feast is an important tradition during Thanksgiving. The entire family sits at the table during dinner and offer prayer to the Lord Almighty for his continuous grace. It is also a time for relatives living in different places to come together and celebrate.

What do you like the most about Thanksgiving?

• I like the fact that the family gets together and we all talk and eat food and celebrate the fact that we have good health.

My Wishes and Greeting on Thanksgiving

• Good Health• Prosperity • Fortune