Thanksgiving

Thanksgiving has many meanings to Americans. On the fourth Thursday of November, Americans gather with friends and family to give thanks for their blessings at harvesttime and eat delicious Thanksgiving food. American Thanksgiving is a mix of several traditions dated to the time of the Pilgrims.

Throughout history, people of different countries had always celebrated the harvest festival. The people of Greece did, so did the Romans, and the Jews, the Hebrews, and the Christians in Europe. They celebrated the harvest festival differently but for the same reasons. In the US, Thanksgiving was later made into a national holiday by President Abraham Lincoln after it was made a day for all American by President George Washington.

Thanksgiving dinner

• Which U.S. President Made Thanksgiving a National Holiday?
• Thanksgiving Day
• First Thanksgiving
• Mayflower 1620