why do we eat turkey on Thanksgiving?

Answer 1

A Pilgrim woman told her husband it would be nice to invite the Indians over for dinner to thank them for all their help since the arrival at Plymouth Rock. She asked him to go hunting and catch a nice big pheasant so they could have a celebration. The husband, having just gotten off the boat, wasn't much of a hunter, but he did his best and set a snare along a small path in the woods.
A short while later, a pheasant came down the path and noticed the circle of strings. "Gee," it said, "That looks like a trap. Someone could get hurt in one of those." And the pheasant gingerly stepped around the trap.

Soon, another pheasant came down the path and saw the snare. "Gosh!" it said. "A bird could get caught in one of those. These things shouldn't be left lying around!" The pheasant carefully stepped around the trap and went on its way.

Then, a turkey came down the path. Upon seeing the snare, it said, "Wow! A trap! I wonder if it works ..."
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Answer 2

THE FIRST THANKSGIVING:

Because of Squanto's help, the Pilgrims had a very successful harvest in October and had plenty of food for the upcoming winter. The Pilgrim's Governor William Bradford proclaimed a day of celebration and thanksgiving sometime in the middle of October. The Pilgrims invited Squanto and many other Indains to join in the celebration. The Thanksgiving feast lasted for three days.
CONTINUATION OF THE CELEBRATION OF THANKSGIVING:

The custom of celebrating after harvest time became an annual event. However, it was not until 1863 when President Abraham Lincoln officially proclaimed the last Thursday in November a national day of Thanksgiving. On November 26, 1941, President Franklin D. Roosevelt declared the fourth Thursday in November as a national Thanksgiving holiday.

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Answer 3

Turkey was not eaten on the 1st Thanksgiving...

"One story tells of how Queen Elizabeth of 16th century England was chowing down on roast goose during a harvest festival. When news was delivered to her that the Spanish Armada had sunk on it way to attack her beloved England, the queen was so pleased that she order a second goose to celebrate the great news.

Thus, the goose became the favorite bird at harvest time in England. When the Pilgrims arrived in America from England, roasted turkey replaced roasted goose as the main cuisine because wild turkeys were more abundant and easier to find than geese."

Answer 4

It has been tradition in America to eat turkey on Thanksgiving ever since the pilgrims came it is what they hunted at the time.

Answer 5

I imagine it's what was eaten on the first Thanksgiving...just a tradition.

Answer 6

You must not have been paying atttention in History class.....

We eat turkey because thats what the 'pilgrams and natives' ate when they came together in a great feast. Its supposed to symbolize peace and thanks for our country.

That was before the 'pilgrams' slaughted millions of natives and forced them into camps and reservations.
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Answer 7

Apparantly this is what was eaten on the first thanksgiving.

Answer 8

because that is what the indians fed us on the first thanksgiving

Answer 9

we really dont eat the turkey your just imagining it

Answer 10

tastes good and that s what they had at the first ever thanksgiving dinner!!!!!!!!!!