2. H I S T O R Y
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• The tradition started with
the “Pilgrim Fathers”, who
were the founders of the
first American colony.
• After suffering religious
prosecution in England, on
6 September 1620 people
emigrated to the New
World in the Mayflower.
• The native American
helped the newcomers and
they celebrated a meal
together.
3. S IN C E
T h e s t o r y b e g a n o n 1 1
D e c e m b e r 1 6 2 0 , b u t
u n t il 1 8 6 3 A b r a h a n
L in c o ln n o t d e c la r e d it
a n o ff ic ia l h o lid a y .
The story began on 11
December 1620, but it
was not declared an
official holiday until 1863
by A. Lincoln.
4. Thanksgiving is
celebrated on the last
Thursday of
November.
It is a family reunion.
People travel from all
over the states to visit
the loved ones.
Families may invite
friends who may not
ver with their loved
ones.
C E L E B R A T IO N
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5. People eat roast turkey
with cramberry sause
and gravy, baked
potatoes, corn syrup
and pumpkin pie.
W H A T ´ S
6. New York City
celebrates it with Macy’s
Thanksgiving Day
Parade. Macy’s
department store
organizsed its first
parade in 1924.
7. American football is one
of the many traditions in
American culture that is
associated with
Thanksgiving Day.
Virtually every level of
football, from amateur and
high school to college and
the NFL (and even the CFL
on Canadian
Thanksgiving), plays
football on Thanksgiving
or the subsequent
weekend.
