Holiday: Thanksgiving
Date: November 24, 2011
History: Thanksgiving is celebrated each year on the fourth Thursday of November. It is a day of family, food and football. This holiday tradition traces back to a 1621 celebration at Plymouth. However, there is plenty of debate about where the first Thanksgiving was actually held. The first Thanksgiving celebrated on the same date by all the states was in 1863. It was Abraham Lincoln who proclaimed the date to be the final Thursday in November. In 1941 however, federal legislation changed the unified date to the fourth Thursday in November.
Interesting Facts: Sarah Josepha Hale wrote letters to politicians for around 40 years campaigning to make Thanksgiving an official holiday. Minnesota is the top turkey-producing state in America. Cranberry production in the U.S. is expected to reach 750 million pounds this year. The largest pumpkin pie ever baked weighed 2,020 pounds and measured just over 12 feet long. Snoopy has appeared as a giant balloon in the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade more times than any other character in history.
Date: November 24, 2011
History: Thanksgiving is celebrated each year on the fourth Thursday of November. It is a day of family, food and football. This holiday tradition traces back to a 1621 celebration at Plymouth. However, there is plenty of debate about where the first Thanksgiving was actually held. The first Thanksgiving celebrated on the same date by all the states was in 1863. It was Abraham Lincoln who proclaimed the date to be the final Thursday in November. In 1941 however, federal legislation changed the unified date to the fourth Thursday in November.
Interesting Facts: Sarah Josepha Hale wrote letters to politicians for around 40 years campaigning to make Thanksgiving an official holiday. Minnesota is the top turkey-producing state in America. Cranberry production in the U.S. is expected to reach 750 million pounds this year. The largest pumpkin pie ever baked weighed 2,020 pounds and measured just over 12 feet long. Snoopy has appeared as a giant balloon in the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade more times than any other character in history.
