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Thanksgiving Day

Thanksgiving is celebrated by Americans on the fourth Thursday of November as a day for families to gather and give thanks for their blessings and food. The tradition began in 1620 when pilgrims traveled on the Mayflower to North America, facing hardships before receiving help from Native Americans to survive and harvest crops. President Abraham Lincoln proclaimed Thanksgiving a national day of thanks in 1863, emphasizing the importance of gratitude.

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Thanksgiving Day

Thanksgiving is celebrated by Americans on the fourth Thursday of November as a day for families to gather and give thanks for their blessings and food. The tradition began in 1620 when pilgrims traveled on the Mayflower to North America, facing hardships before receiving help from Native Americans to survive and harvest crops. President Abraham Lincoln proclaimed Thanksgiving a national day of thanks in 1863, emphasizing the importance of gratitude.

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THANKSGIVING DAY

 Americans of all religions celebrate Thanksgiving


on the fourth Thursday of November.
 Thanksgiving is a special day for families and
they even travel great distances to be with their
families.
 They give thanks for the food and blessings.
 The tradition started
when in 1620 a group of
men, women and
children left England on
a ship called Mayflower.

 They were pilgrims and


they wanted to start a
new life in the New
World.
 The voyage was very
hard. They were cold and
hungry and many of them
died.

 The voyage took 65 days.


They landed on the north –
east coast of North
America. What today we
know as Massachusetts.
 When they arrived it was
almost winter so they had
no time to grow crops. The
winter was long. Very few
survived.
 In spring, native Americans,
the wampanoag Indians,
helped them.

 They taught the pilgrims how


to grow corn, how to hunt
and how to fish.

 The summer harvest was


very good and by November
a year after their arrival,
there was food for
 The pilgrims wanted to celebrate it and invited
the native Americans to a great dinner where they
gave thanks for food and blessings.
That was the first Thanksgiving.
PROCLAMATION OF THANKSGIVING

The proclamation which set the precedent for


America's national day of Thanksgiving was on
October 3, 1863 by the President Abraham
Lincoln.
The pilgrims were thankful for their harvest
and for the help from the Indians.
So, Thanksgiving is a time to be thankful !

What are we thankful for ?

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