1. Ekaterina Whitcomb RUSSIA November 18, 2010

2. Thanksgiving …It is a time….to say thank you… the day America sets aside for family, for remembrance…

3. The first Thanksgiving celebration held in America occurred in 1619The first Thanksgiving celebration held in America occurred in 1619 The next recorded celebration is also very famous, Plymouth, Massachusetts, 1621 The next “Thanksgiving” celebration did not occur until 1623

4. In 1688 the General Court tried to bring some order to the celebration by declaring November 25In 1688 the General Court tried to bring some order to the celebration by declaring November 25 The first national celebration of Thanksgiving occurred in 1777. The first national celebration of Thanksgiving occurred in 1777.

5. …Thanksgiving Becomes an Official Holiday... In 1941, Thanksgiving was finally sanctioned by Congress as a legal holiday, as the fourth Thursday in November

6. It should be noted that while Thanksgiving has become a holiday deeply associated with America, there have been numerous “harvest”, autumn, and “thanksgiving” throughout including Grecian, Roman, Egyptian celebration.

7. Wild Turkeys, native to the eastern United States were a part of the first Thanksgiving feast and since then, turkeys have remain an important Thanksgiving symbol Wild Turkeys, native to the eastern United States were a part of the first Thanksgiving feast and since then, turkeys have remain an important Thanksgiving symbol