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Veterans Don’t Get Enough Recognition
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It’s National Gratitude Month!
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All This for Cheese?
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Are You Prepared for Black Friday?
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Apple Cranberry Crisp
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3 Fun Facts About Thanksgiving
3 FACTS ABOUT THANKSGIVING Share Fun Trivia Around the Dinner Table!
Parades, turkey, and football are some of our many traditions during Thanksgiving. But how did we start these traditions? Here are some mind-blowing Thanksgiving facts you can share with your loved ones around the dinner table this year. Turkey wasn’t on the menu in 1621. The best record about the Pilgrim’s first harvest comes from colonist Edward Winslow, who participated in the first Thanksgiving feast. While he mentioned “wild fowl” in his accounts, turkey was not explicitly mentioned. The Pilgrims likely ate duck, venison, goose,
oysters, lobsters, and fish for their meal. So, how did we begin eating turkey? It wasn’t until President Abraham Lincoln made Thanksgiving a national holiday in 1863 that turkey began to pile up on our dinner plates. An author helped make Thanksgiving a national holiday. The author of “Mary Had a Little Lamb” lobbied state and federal officials to create a national day of thanks on the last Thursday or Friday of November. She thought having Thanksgiving as a national holiday would help ease the tension between the Northern and Southern parts of the country (we were in the middle of the Civil War). So, she sent 17 letters to President Lincoln on Sept. 28, 1863, and within a week, Lincoln made the proclamation to observe Thanksgiving on the final Thursday of November. While
it’s unclear if Lincoln saw Hale’s letters, the timing is uncanny. What do you think?
Football on Thanksgiving began in 1876. The first Thanksgiving Day football game was between Yale and Princeton. The tradition grew as many colleges and high schools began playing football every Thanksgiving. The game and holiday were so intertwined that in 1893, The New York Herald said Thanksgiving was the official holiday for watching football. Then, the NFL followed suit and had its first Thanksgiving game in 1920. The Detroit Lions and Dallas Cowboys have been playing games on this holiday since the early 1900s. Did any of these fun facts surprise you? Do you know any other trivia about the holiday to share this year? We would love to hear from you. Happy holidays, everyone!
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