Did You Know?
Facts, Figures &
Folklore about the Pilgrims
& America’s Thanksgiving
Nov 21 : 03 days till Thanksgiving
Did you know that US Presidents issue an annual Thanksgiving Proclamation?
While President George Washington was the first US President to issue a Thanksgiving Proclamation, subsequent Presidents did not necessarily follow that custom.
In 1863 President Abraham Lincoln proclaimed a national Thanksgiving Day to be celebrated on the final Thursday of November. In 1939 President Franklin D. Roosevelt declared that Thanksgiving would be celebrated on the fourth Thursday in November and in 1941 the US Congress passed a law officially establishing the celebration of Thanksgiving as the fourth Thursday in November.
Thanksgiving Day in America is a time to offer thanks, a time for family gatherings and holiday meals. A time of turkeys, stuffing, and pumpkin pie. A time for Indian corn, holiday parades and giant balloons. We are delighted to invite you to partake in our Thanksgiving celebration. Our table is full this year, but we always have room for one more!
Goal: Choose to make holiday plans for you and your family that will support and relax and engage you all, not tear you down with the same old junk and drama. Bake new things, invite new people, volunteer at a shelter, give of yourself in a new way!
Thanksgiving will be celebrated on Thursday November 24, 2011.
