Christmas is all about buying and giving stuff, but americans in fact we might not even be commemorating the first thanksgiving.
View Facts About The First Thanksgiving Pics. Though the parade stretched just two blocks, new york city went all out. In fact, the event we point to as the first thanksgiving wasn't even called as such.
The First Thanksgiving from image.slidesharecdn.com
An actual thanksgiving was an occasion for the pilgrims—specifically, the more pious puritans amongst them—to gather in a communal day of fasting and meditation, to give thanks for a bountiful harvest. Every year the us president save a turkey from being eaten for thanksgiving dinner. Mention thanksgiving, and the first thing that comes to mind for most folks is turkey.
Though the parade stretched just two blocks, new york city went all out.
Thanksgiving facts are sometimes forgotten in the current day celebration of the holiday. During the first thanksgiving, pilgrims ate indian corn, wild turkey, and corn bread. Thanksgiving is celebrated once a year on the fourth thursday of november.2. Here are interesting facts about why and how we celebrate thanksgiving in the u.s.
