American Thanksgiving is celebrated annually on the fourth Thursday of November to commemorate the harvest feast shared between the English pilgrims and Wampanoag Indians in 1621. The pilgrims arrived in North America in December 1620 after a difficult crossing of the Atlantic Ocean aboard the Mayflower and received assistance from the Wampanoag in learning to cultivate the land. In the autumn of 1621, the surviving pilgrims and Wampanoag Indians gathered for a three-day feast of turkey, corn, and other foods to celebrate their first successful harvest in Plymouth, Massachusetts, establishing an annual tradition now celebrated as a national holiday in the United States.

2. American Thanksgiving
is celebrated on the 4th
Thursday of November.
This year Thanksgiving is on
Thursday 22nd November,
2012.

3. In 1620 , 102 pilgrims sailed across
the Atlantic Ocean to reach North
America.
The pilgrims sailed on the ship called
'Mayflower'.

4. The pilgrims arrived in North America
in December 1620.
The Wampanoag Indians taught the
pilgrims how to cultivate the land.

5. In Autumn 1621 only half of the pilgrims
survived.
The survivors decided to give a thanksgiving
feast to celebrate the first harvest.
They celebrated the first Thanksgiving Day
at Plymouth, Massachusetts.
The cornucopia is the symbol of abundance.

6. The pilgrims invited the Wampanoag Indians
also to the feast.
The first Thanksgiving celebration was
three days.
The Indians
shared their
corn and wild
turkeys.

7. Thanksgiving was declared a national
holiday in 1863 by President Abraham
Lincoln.

8. Nowadays American families celebrate
Thanksgivng Day every year.
Thanksgiving Day is one of those events that
people celebrate with lots of love and
gratitude. Its a very significant day in
United States and the world over.

9. The typical food in Thanksgiving Day is
turkey, corn and pumpkin pie.

10. There is a very important parade in New
York on Thanksgiving Day.
There are gigant ballons along the streets.

12. Hou, Hi, I’m
I’m an an
Indian English
pilgrim
FRIENDS FOREVER