can you explain me the meaning of this holiday?
2006-10-22 03:33:10 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Holidays ➔ Thanksgiving
Thursday, Nov 23rd 2006
fourth Thursday in November in the United States
Legal holiday in the United States to commemorate the feast held at Plymouth in 1621 by the Pilgrim colonists and members of the Wampanoag people and marked by the giving of thanks to God for harvest and health.
The early Thanksgivings were special events, commemorating triumph over adversity. George Washington called for the first national Thanksgiving Day on November 26, 1789, after the independence of the United States was assured. But it took the Civil War to put Thanksgiving on the calendar for good, beginning with President Lincoln's proclamation in 1863 of a Thanksgiving Day at the end of November.
2006-10-22 03:35:56 · answer #1 · answered by magnolia_76 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
It's November 23rd this year.
It was first celebrated by the pilgrims who landed in Massachusetts Bay in 1620. After a tough first year, they managed a better second year; and in the autumn held a special feast of Thanksgiving to God for their survival.
It was celebrated off and on, until 1864 when President Abraham Lincoln established the 4th Thursday in November as the official Thanksgiving holiday for the nation. It has been celebrated every year thereafter.
2006-10-22 03:39:30 · answer #2 · answered by Jack 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Following a nineteenth century tradition, most Americans believe that the first American Thanksgiving was a feast that took place on an unremembered date, sometime in the autumn of 1621, at Plymouth Plantation, Massachusetts.
2006-10-22 03:36:00 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Thanksgiving day is a different day each year this year it is November 23. We celebrate Thanksgiving day to pay respect to the pilgrims and indian who had the first Thanksgiving dinner. Its always the third thursday in November.
2006-10-22 03:36:27 · answer #4 · answered by K-Dub 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Thursday, Nov 23rd 2006
2006-10-23 10:58:43 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Last Thursday in November! The holiday is to thank God for your many blessings!
2006-10-22 03:37:53 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Third Thursday in November. It allegedly the day the first Pilgrims sat down with the Indians and had a big feast.
2006-10-22 03:35:30 · answer #7 · answered by miss m 4 · 0⤊ 2⤋
It's the 4th thursday in November. It's a time to think about all the things we have to be thankful for (and to stuff ourselves)
2006-10-24 14:54:59 · answer #8 · answered by beachlady325 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It was a couple of weeks ago. You missed it.
Generally it's used as a day to get together with friends and family to eat a lot of turkey or ham and have a big feast.
Traditionally it was a harvest time celebration to thank God for the abundance of the harvest.
2006-10-22 03:35:37 · answer #9 · answered by Tavita 5 · 0⤊ 3⤋
November 23 this year, it is a day to give thanks and reflect on our blessings, I'm a Native American(Cherokee), and I don't think Isis is correct.
2006-10-22 03:47:16 · answer #10 · answered by Effie 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋