is there some kind of meaning of the date?
2007-01-11 13:46:07 · 5 answers · asked by ralph l 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Holidays ➔ Other - Holidays
In 1621, after a hard and devastating first year in the New World the Pilgrim's fall harvest was very successful and plentiful. There was corn, fruits, vegetables, along with fish which was packed in salt, and meat that was smoke cured over fires. They found they had enough food to put away for the winter.
The Pilgrims had beaten the odds. They built homes in the wilderness, they raised enough crops to keep them alive during the long coming winter, and they were at peace with their Indian neighbors. Their Governor, William Bradford, proclaimed a day of thanksgiving that was to be shared by all the colonists and the neighboring Native American Indians.
The custom of an annually celebrated thanksgiving, held after the harvest, continued through the years. During the American Revolution (late 1770's) a day of national thanksgiving was suggested by the Continental Congress.
In 1817 New York State adopted Thanksgiving Day as an annual custom. By the middle of the 19th century many other states also celebrated a Thanksgiving Day. In 1863 President Abraham Lincoln appointed a national day of thanksgiving. Since then each president has issued a Thanksgiving Day proclamation, usually designating the fourth Thursday of each November as the holiday.
2007-01-12 03:48:23 · answer #1 · answered by veerabhadrasarma m 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
We don't always celebrate on Feb 19, we celebrate it on the second to last monday of Feb, which is a different date each year, I believe because there are 2 presidents born in Feb, but other than that I don't know, since they are honoring all presidents. Why do we celebrate mothers day or fathers day, or why Labor day or memorial day on the dates that were chosen? I don't know the exact answer, its just been that way for as long as I've been alive.
2007-01-11 21:57:11 · answer #2 · answered by MRod 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's a celebration of George Washington and Abraham Lincoln's birthday .
2007-01-11 23:51:44 · answer #3 · answered by riddlemethis 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
combination of Lincoln's birthday (the 12th) and Washington's birthday (the 18th or 15th)
2007-01-11 21:53:24 · answer #4 · answered by Mickey 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
just some more political bull , they always do what they want to
2007-01-11 23:48:12 · answer #5 · answered by Lady Bank$$$ 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋