American Thanksgiving is celebrated on the fourth Thursday of November. It originated from a harvest feast shared in 1621 between the Pilgrims of Plymouth Colony and the Wampanoag Native American tribe. Nowadays, Thanksgiving is celebrated as a national holiday where families and friends come together to eat traditional foods like turkey and give thanks for what they have.

2. American Thanksgiving
is celebrated on the 4th
Thursday of November.
This year Thanksgiving is on
Thursday 26th November,
2015.

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,
I’m an
Indian
Hi, I’m
an
English
pilgrim
FRIENDS FOREVER