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In 1970, Wampanoag leader Wamsutta Frank James began the National Day of Mourning, in which Native Americans and supporters gather each year on Thanksgiving Day to mourn the loss of so many ...
Thanksgiving is a national holiday celebrated on various dates in October and November in the United States, Canada, Saint Lucia, Liberia, and unofficially in countries like Brazil and Germany. It is also observed in the Australian territory of Norfolk Island. It began as a day of giving thanks for the blessings of the harvest and of the ...
"Thanksgiving Day Parade", a song by Dan Bern on his album New American Language (2001). "Thanksgiving Day", a song by Ray Davies on his album Other People's Lives (2006). "The Thanksgiving Song" (2020), written and performed by Ben Rector was the opening track from his holiday album A Ben Rector Christmas.
To the original people of this continent, each day is a day of thanksgiving to the Creator." [9] The Wampanoag tribe that met them when the Mayflower landed celebrated Cranberry Day every year as their thanksgiving. [10] In 1723, British Massachusetts Bay Governor William Dummer proclaimed a day of thanksgiving on November 6. [11]
The history of Thanksgiving isn't the rosy story from your childhood. Here's what really happened and the truth about some commonly held Thanksgiving myths. The post The Real History of ...
Thanksgiving might seem like a day with a simple message of togetherness, but the history about the holiday is vague. Much of the known information about what’s widely regarded as the first ...
The day after Thanksgiving has also become its own celebration known as Black Friday. During this day, stores nationwide offer extended hours, discounts and special promotions in preparation for ...
The Margaret landed her passengers at Berkeley Hundred on December 4, 1619. The settlers did indeed celebrate a day of "Thanksgiving", establishing the tradition two years and 17 days before the Pilgrims arrived aboard the Mayflower at Plymouth, Massachusetts to establish their Thanksgiving Day in 1621. [2] [3]