Thanksgiving is celebrated on the fourth Thursday of every

November.

Pilgrims landed at Plymouth Rock, Massachusetts in 1620.

The first official Thanksgiving was in 1621.

46 million turkeys were eaten in the United States in 2009.

The first Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade took place in

1924.

There are towns named "Turkey" in Texas and North

Carolina.

Turkeys can run up to 20 miles per hour.

Turkeys can fly up to 55 miles per hour.

Congress declared Thanksgiving a national holiday in 1941.

Benjamin Franklin believed the turkey should be our

national bird.

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