Thanksgiving

Timeline of Thanksgiving:

1492 - Columbus set sail with the Nina, Pinta, and Santa Maria.
He set out to sea with the order of Queen Isabella,
to establish a spice trade route to a new world.

1607 - The first Explorers landed in North America;
and set up the Jamestown Colony.

1619 - More settlers came.

1620 - The Pilgrims sailed on the Mayflower
and landed on Cape Cod.
The trip took 55 days from England to Plymouth Rock.
They landed on November 11th, 1620.

1621 - The first Thanksgiving was held on Wednesday November 24th, 1621.
The feast was between the Pilgrims and the Wampanoag Indians.
The food consisted of: Waterfowl, Venison (deer), Ham, Lobster,
clams, wild-berries, pumpkin, and squash.

1776 - The Constitution was ratified and we became the
Republic of the United States of America.

1781 - George Washington recognized the Day of Thanks
on the last Wednesday of the month of November. 

1863 - During the Civil War President Abraham Lincoln
moved Thanksgiving to the last Thursday of the month of November.

1939 - Since there were 5 Thursday's that year in the month of November,
to restore order President Roosevelt moved Thanksgiving to the
second to last Thursday of the month.
This created the capitalistic Christmas shopping day
on the day after Thanksgiving known as Black Friday.



Now no matter what Thursday of November that Thanksgiving falls on,
let us not forget the first Thanksgiving that the first settlers celebrated,
with the Native American Indians as a sign of Thankfulness and Peace.