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History Of Thanksgiving

Cool, here’s a more in-depth look at the history of Thanksgiving — how it evolved, some of the lesser-known facts, and how it became what we celebrate today.

Thanksgiving didn’t start as a clean, one-time “Pilgrims and Native Americans sit down for turkey” story. Sure, there was that 1621 harvest feast between the Plymouth colonists and the Wampanoag people — but the reality of that gathering was more complex. The colonists probably hunted duck or geese, and the Wampanoag likely brought venison.  That 1621 event was more of a multi-day harvest festival than a fixed holiday.

Over the following centuries, different colonies and states held days of “thanksgiving”—usually as religious days of prayer, often when something major happened (like a drought ending or a war victory). These weren’t uniform: different places celebrated on different days.

The idea of a national, annual Thanksgiving really took off thanks to **Sarah Josepha Hale**, an editor and writer. For decades she pushed for a unified national holiday — writing letters, editorials, and generally campaigning. Her persistence paid off when **Abraham Lincoln**, in the middle of the Civil War, proclaimed Thanksgiving a national holiday in 1863 (on the last Thursday of November) to help bring the country together.

After Lincoln, presidents continued to issue Thanksgiving proclamations almost every year, but the exact date bounced around a little. Then, in the 20th century, **Franklin D. Roosevelt** caused a stir: in 1939, he moved Thanksgiving earlier — to give Americans more time to shop before Christmas. Many people weren’t thrilled (“Franksgiving,” anyone?), and states were split on which date to follow. Eventually, in 1941, Congress passed a law officially fixing Thanksgiving on the **fourth Thursday in November**.

As Thanksgiving evolved, so did its traditions. Over time it became less about strictly religious observance and more about family, food, and gratitude.  Things like parades and football games became tied to the holiday. The Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade, for example, started in the 1920s and became a huge national tradition.

Finally, there are modern traditions too: things like volunteering, food drives, and even the presidential “turkey pardon” — where a live turkey is spared from being eaten.

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#Thanksgiving #HappyThanksgiving #Thankful #GratefulHeart #Friendsgiving #TurkeyDay #FallVibes #HolidaySeason #FamilyTime**, **#GatherTogether #ThanksgivingDinner #Blessed #GiveThanks #FeastMode #MarieWaltonRealtor #RealtorLife #HistoryOfThanksgiving #DFW #NorthTexas

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How these shores must have looked for them, on that cold day all those centuries ago...

Captured by me where the Pilgrims stepped into a new world: "Outer Lands".

#art #photography #autumn #fall #landscape #Massachusetts #CapeCod #NewEngland #EastCoast #AtlanticCoast #HappyThanksgiving #Thanksgiving

... And it ends with dessert!

Baker from the Lepic Street, Zinaida Serebriakova, 1927

#HappyThanksgiving #pastry #zinaïdaserebriakova #art #artist #artworld #painting #kunst #künstler #peinture #peintre #thanksgiving #baker #dessert

It Starts with Breakfast ...

Robert Baker, Artist

#HappyThanksgiving #breakfast #robertbaker #art #artist #artworld #painting #kunst #künstler #peinture #peintre #thanksgivingmorning #thanksgiving

I'm not familiar with any turkey-oriented trash cans in the global Disney theme park empire, but we do have brown ones. #HappyThanksgiving, U.S. friends!

🌐 | https://www.magicaltrash.com/post/700320800130154496/disney-trash-can-paris-sequoia-lodge-2022
📷 | Cristian Guimera

Used by Permission. #MagicalTrash #Disney #TrashCan #DisneyTrashCan #Photography #DisneylandParis #SequoiaLodge

I'm not familiar with any turkey-oriented trash cans in the global Disney theme park empire, but we do have brown ones. #HappyThanksgiving, U.S. friends! 🌐 | buff.ly/zSHszMs 📷 | Cristian Guimera Used by Permission. #MagicalTrash #Disney #TrashCan #Photography #DisneylandParis #SequoiaLodge

Last but NOT least: #TCMUnderground fans, please enjoy these films that fit the general tastes of #TCMUnderground fans

#TCMParty #HappyThanksgiving #horror #scifi #FilmMastodon #CineMastodon #Noirvember #FilmNoir #FridayThrillerClub #LetterboxdFridays #Letterboxd #mutantfam #svengoolie #comedy #MondayActionMovie #SundayFunnies
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For #TCMImports aficionados and fans of Westerns and #Documentary films

#TCMParty #FilmMastodon #CineMastodon #HappyThanksgiving #Thanksgiving #scifi #FilmNoir #Noirvember #LetterboxdFridays #Letterboxd #EuroKino #WestWed #FridayThrillerClub
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First up: For #NoirAlley & #Noirvember Noiristas, #PreCode, and #SilentSundayNights #SilentFilm fans

#TCMParty #FilmMastodon #CineMastodon #HappyThanksgiving #Thanksgiving #FilmNoir #BNoirDetour #scifi #Noirvember #DarknessAtNoon #LetterboxdFridays #Letterboxd #comedy #monsterdon #FridayThrillerClub #TVMysteries #HarryOrwell
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#Oh... #AndAnotherThing...

We #LearnedSomething about #Toby's #Father, which is #QuiteInteresting...

#Toby's #Dad was a #BigFan of #ColePorter and an #Assassin for #MurderIncorporated...

#So... #HappyThanksgiving and #HolyNight; even though #IT's #NotChristmas and #ChristmasIsBullcrap...

#IT'll be #ZombieJesusChocolateDay soon... #Soonish™️

🧙🎇🤖:wolfparty:​🤖🎇🧙 | :fediverse:​🦹:PirateBadge:​​🦄​:PirateBadge:​​🦹:fediverse:

If I must. 🤷

#StarTrek #humanisttrek #humanisttrekpodcast #podcast #happythanksgiving #turkey #burnedturkey #burnedreplicatedbirdmeat
#ThanksgivingFail #HolidayCooking #KitchenDisaster #CookingMishap #FunnyFood #startrek #scifipodcast #scififans #ThanksgivingDinner #FoodFails #SciFiHumor #PodcastLife #CookingAdventures #GeekCulture

"As God is my witness ... I thought turkeys could fly."

#Thanksgiving #HappyThanksgiving #WKRP #turkeydrop #gobblegobble #Thanksgiving2024

"As God is my witness ... I thought turkeys could fly."

#Thanksgiving #HappyThanksgiving #WKRP #turkeydrop #gobblegobble #Thanksgiving2024

"As God is my witness ... I thought turkeys could fly."

#Thanksgiving #HappyThanksgiving #WKRP #turkeydrop #gobblegobble #Thanksgiving2024

"As God is my witness ... I thought turkeys could fly."

#Thanksgiving #HappyThanksgiving #WKRP #turkeydrop #gobblegobble #Thanksgiving2024

"As God is my witness ... I thought turkeys could fly."

#Thanksgiving #HappyThanksgiving #WKRP #turkeydrop #gobblegobble #Thanksgiving2024

Is there a #turkey in the house?
#HappyThanksgiving everyone 🦃🍗

from #SaltyWave 🎄

#visualstoryteller
#Christmas #festiveseason🎉 #festivevibes

@Saltywave
www.saltywave.com.au

📷 Mao Li / Pexels

A new episode of Humanist Trek will come out tomorrow, just in time for Thanksgiving! What a better way to pass the time cooking a turkey, than by listening to this episode??

#humanisttrek #humanisttrekpodcast #startrek #tng #happythanksgiving
#PodcastRecommendations #ThanksgivingListening #CookingCompanion #SciFiFans #PodcastAddict #StarTrekCommunity
#PodcastLovers #ThanksgivingVibes #HolidayListening #SciFiPodcast #GeekCulture #PodcastCommunity

Gobble ~~ newly added to my collection. Happy Sunday.

Available here: https://1-lisas-baker.pixels.com/featured/gobble-lisa-s-baker.html

#turkey #turkeyday #thanksgiving #gobble #happythanksgiving #holiday #holidayseason #art #arte #artwork #wallart #homedecor #buyintoart #mastoart #mastodonart #fediart #fediverse #fedigiftshop #shopearly #giftideas #fun #wordart #mixedmedia #artforsale #wallartforsale #bird #birds #artbooster

Happy Thanksgiving! A loving kitchen full of family and our favorite dishes. My hope for you every day (but especially on the special days) is that you are safe, warm, well fed, and spending time with people who care about you.

#happythanksgiving #thanksgiving #holiday #family #fall #autumn #travel #food #hungry #eat #foodie #kitchen #cooking #giftfromgoogle #teampixel #oneplus #android #androidography #phoneography #happyholidays #love #cuisine #photo #photography

Shot on the #oneplusopen and #pixel8pro.

The Thanksgiving tradition continues with the celebratory Turkey drop by local radio station WKRP.

https://youtu.be/BGFtV6-ALoQ?si=K93L9Btk_734DfCm #TurkeysCannotFly #WKRP #TurkeyDrop #FamilyTimeIsTheBestTime #HappyThanksgiving

CaliKim: From our Garden to Yours… https://www.allforgardening.com/683882/calikim-from-our-garden-to-yours/

##gardenersofinstagram ##organicgardening#organicvegetables ##urbangardener #gardentips ##veggiepatch #backyardgarden #CaliKim #CaliKim #CaliKim29 #CaliKim29Garden&HomeDIY #gardening #gardenlife #groworganic #growwhatyoueat #growyourown #happythanksgiving #lovegardening #organicgarden #thanksgiving #urbangardening #vegetablegarden #veggiegarden #VLog

Wishing you and your family a #HappyThanksgiving! 🦃🏈

But you know what that means! #BlackFriday, #SmallBusinessSaturday AND #CyberMonday 😱

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#Dog #DogsOfMastodon #Cat #CatsOfMastodon #Caturday #CatLover #Seattle #DogsOfSeattle #Christmas #ShopLocal #DogLover #Pets

At Flying J #truckstop a 32oz #beer costs less than a #candy bar

Not complaining :-)

#HappyThanksgiving
#CelebratingAlone
#EatingAlone
#JoinIn
#SitTogether

#HappyThanksgiving everyone in #BellinghamWA and in particular on our #SubduedSocial Mastodon instance. In recognition that we live on the ancestral lands of our neighbors the #Lummi, #Nooksack, and other #CoastSalish peoples, I made another voluntary #LandTax donation to the Lhaq'temish Foundation equivalent to 10% of our hosting costs and domain registration fees over the past 6 months.

https://nativegov.org/news/voluntary-land-taxes/ https://www.lhaqtemish.org/

#Thanksgiving #NativeLand #NativeAmericanHeritageDay

@[email protected] "As God as my witness, I thought turkeys could fly." - Mr. Carlson

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BGFtV6-ALoQ

#Cincinnati #WKRP #HappyThanksgiving #Thanksgiving #TurkeyDrop

Happy Thanksgiving: November 23, 2023
I just wanted to wish everyone in our News Views Community and our moderators a Happy Thanksgiving. Whatever is on your agenda today, be safe. Enjoy the day, ignore the MAGAts that you might have to encounter, but more importantly, be safe.

Please feel free to chit chat with your fellow News Viewers.
https://newsviews.online/2023/11/23/happy-thanksgiving-november-23-2023/
#TheLounge #Featured #FreeChat #HappyThanksgiving

Tom Wilson 1988

#happythanksgiving

#comics
#comicstrip #TomWilson
#Ziggy

#HappyThanksgiving #unionstrong💪 #union #unions #unionpride #UnionProud #unionsForAll #unionmade #workersrights #BlueCollarWriter

@j thanks! Y’all ready for #TurkeyDay tomorrow?

#Thanksgiving 🇺🇸🦃 #HappyThanksgiving #ThanksgivingEve #HappyTurkeyDay

@j thanks! Y’all ready for #TurkeyDay tomorrow?

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@j thanks! Y’all ready for #TurkeyDay tomorrow?

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@j thanks! Y’all ready for #TurkeyDay tomorrow?

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@j thanks! Y’all ready for #TurkeyDay tomorrow?

#Thanksgiving 🇺🇸🦃 #HappyThanksgiving #ThanksgivingEve #HappyTurkeyDay

It's that time of year again: WKRP in Cincinnati's Turkey Drop episode. 😅
https://youtu.be/BGFtV6-ALoQ

#happythanksgiving #wkrp #turkeydrop

It's that time of year again: WKRP in Cincinnati's Turkey Drop episode. 😅
https://youtu.be/BGFtV6-ALoQ

#happythanksgiving #wkrp #turkeydrop

It's that time of year again: WKRP in Cincinnati's Turkey Drop episode. 😅
https://youtu.be/BGFtV6-ALoQ

#happythanksgiving #wkrp #turkeydrop

It's that time of year again: WKRP in Cincinnati's Turkey Drop episode. 😅
https://youtu.be/BGFtV6-ALoQ

#happythanksgiving #wkrp #turkeydrop

It's that time of year again: WKRP in Cincinnati's Turkey Drop episode. 😅
https://youtu.be/BGFtV6-ALoQ

#happythanksgiving #wkrp #turkeydrop

1 #HappyThanksgiving to #Canadians and all! You might have noticed I'm more interested in the #SolarYear observances -solstices, equinoxes, cross-quarter days- and the ancient holidays based on them. 'Recent' upstarts 😉 layered on top of these ancient dates- Christmas, Easter etc- are less interesting to me than their nature based precedents! That doesn't mean there cannot be beauty in the common traditions, outside commercialism and over consumption! #SeasonalRhythms #pagan #Linden #LimeTree

Here we go, first video on peertube. Let's see how this fediverse can hold up!

This is some footage I've been taking around Escalante, Utah

https://tube.chocoflan.net/w/3K9dzPCsmtqnfuJSnkTAsQ?start=0s&autoplay=1

#peertube #utah #landscapes #videos #happythanksgiving #roadtrip #rvtravel #rvlife #exploreyourworld #grandstaircase #desert #southwest #southwestusa #filmmaking #landscapefilms #sony #dronevideos #dji #mavic2pro #smokeweedeveryday

#happythanksgiving #markiii #classiccars

A Very #HappyThanksgiving to Our US #Patrons fae #RSH!

https://www.patreon.com/posts/very-happy-to-us-75051411?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link

https://youtu.be/BGFtV6-ALoQ
#TurkeyDrop #WKRP #HappyThanksgiving

https://youtu.be/BGFtV6-ALoQ
#TurkeyDrop #WKRP #HappyThanksgiving

https://youtu.be/BGFtV6-ALoQ
#TurkeyDrop #WKRP #HappyThanksgiving

https://youtu.be/BGFtV6-ALoQ
#TurkeyDrop #WKRP #HappyThanksgiving

The Trashmen - Surfin Bird - Bird is the Word

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=9Gc4QTqslN4

#TheTrashmen #Surfin #Bird #BirdIsTheWord #HappyThanksgiving

30 miler today to prep myself for Turkey day #BikeTooter #happythanksgiving #Barrington