2006-11-22 18:39:51 · 9 answers · asked by Kristi B 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Holidays ➔ Thanksgiving
nowadays i'd say it is celebrated for family tradition and giving thanks for what you r thankful for, but it did start with the pilgrims
2006-11-22 18:42:13 · answer #1 · answered by J Blu 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Not really. We remember the Pilgrims, and their courage.
We are amazed that they were helped by the native Wampanoag people, (few today can understand this by the way) Together they celebrated that they were alive, after all the death they both suffered.
As President Lincoln established the national holiday. As modern America we celebrate OUR togetherness, not our differences.
America after 1950 is a vastly different place, and the traditions we have started solidified then, via people moving and filling America from east to west coast. Because of WW2, Americans had lived in different places and were more aware of other customs, thoughts. Being Californian - (no one is born here - everyone moved here from elsewhere.) you see the results of this moving around that happened. We have a huge hyphenated population here - so Thanksgiving is people bringing their customs with them as they moved. Then with TV America settled on national traditions and customs. We all watch the Macy's parade as ONE, because we are, for awhile. The distances of living in America are rarely talked about but families are spread all over; the TV and telephone help keep families together. Then the national food chains spread the food evenly across the country so we can all eat the same, or be different as we want, together or just starting out on out own.
In today's America Thanksgiving is the celebration of the uniqueness of America, not an exclusion of people.
2006-11-22 19:15:58 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Ok so firs of all they aren't immigrants. They are Pilgrims. We celebrate them getting here safely and making peace with the Indians.They are the ones who found and settled in America after the Indians.
2006-11-25 14:54:01 · answer #3 · answered by Erika 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
ok, thanksgiving is the celebration of the immigrants making peace with the indians (the ones in america) since they fought so much. so then they made a big feast to celebrate.
2006-11-25 11:35:16 · answer #4 · answered by ♫ singin_gurl1200 ♫ 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I agree with Big Daddy.
I'd be as ashamed with Thanksgiving if I was American as I am currently with Australia Day. They both celebrate genocide and mass murder.
2006-11-22 18:50:50 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
I thought it was a white holiday celebrating the genocide they commited on the Native American man.
2006-11-22 18:44:49 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
on the east coast thankful for peace in a new land with new friends . west coast ? do Mexicans recognize it or just get more lead candy ?
2006-11-22 19:06:28 · answer #7 · answered by martinmm 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
no they were not the first immigrants that came to us
2006-11-25 10:11:59 · answer #8 · answered by Trace 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
you could say that however I don't think the USA was there yet....
pilgrims yes ...
2006-11-22 19:03:43 · answer #9 · answered by dogpatch USA 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋