![]() ![]() Thanksgiving 2023 is a time for many people to give thanks for what they have. Traditions of Thanksgiving Although Thanksgiving 2023 has historical roots in religious and cultural traditions, it has long been celebrated in a secular manner as well. George Washington, the first president of the United States, proclaimed the first national Thanksgiving Day in 1789 and it officially became an annual holiday in 1863. In the second half of the 1600s, thanksgivings after the harvest became more common and started to become annual events. Historians also argue that the Pilgrims had their first true thanksgiving in 1623, when they gave thanks for rain that ended a drought. In November 1621, after the Pilgrims' first corn harvest proved successful, Governor William Bradford organized a three-day celebratory feast, now remembered as American's “First Thanksgiving”- although, it is argued that the Pilgrims themselves may not have used the term “Thanksgiving” at the time. This alliance tragically remains one of the sole examples of harmony between European colonists and Native Americans. In March, the remaining settlers moved ashore and began to harvest with help and alliance with Native Americans of the area. Only half of the Mayflower's original passengers lived to see their first New England spring. Throughout that first brutal winter, most of the colonists remained on board the ship, where they suffered from exposure, scurvy and outbreaks of contagious disease. ![]() One month later, the Mayflower crossed Massachusetts Bay, where the Pilgrims, as they are now commonly known, began the work of establishing a village at Plymouth. After a treacherous journey lasting 66 days, they arrived near the tip of Cape Cod, far north of their intended destination at the mouth of the Hudson River. History of Thanksgiving In September 1620, a small ship called the Mayflower left Plymouth, England, carrying 102 passengers embarked on a journey to discover the New World. Thanksgiving 2023 precedes “Black Friday” and is traditionally a holiday to give thanks for the food collected at the end of the harvest season. Americans eat 46 million turkeys or more each Thanksgiving.Significance of Thanksgiving 2023 Thanksgiving 2023 (also known as Thanksgiving Day) is an important federal holiday, celebrated annually on the fourth Thursday of November in the United States. More people in the United States celebrate Thanksgiving than Christmas and New Year. Edward Winslow, who was there, said that 90 Native Americans and 53 Pilgrims were there. The event that Americans commonly call the "First Thanksgiving" was celebrated by the Pilgrims after their first feast in the New World in October 1621. Thanksgiving was first celebrated to give thanks for the harvest. ![]() In 1957, Canada made the second Monday of each October a national holiday. The United States Congress permanently made the fourth Thursday of each November as a national holiday in the year 1941. American immigrants brought the customs and practices of the American Thanksgiving to Canada, beginning on April 5, 1872. In 1863, Abraham Lincoln said the last Thursday of November would be a national Day of Thanksgiving for the United States. In Canada, it is on the second Monday of October. ![]() In the United States, it is on the fourth Thursday of November. Thanksgiving is a holiday in the United States and Canada when people give thanks. "The First Thanksgiving", painted by Jean Leon Gerome Ferris ( 1863– 1930). ![]()
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