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Thanksgiving
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Thanksgiving Day
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0b/The_First_Thanksgiving_Jean_Louis_Gerome_Ferris.pn g/225px-The_First_Thanksgiving_Jean_Louis_Gerome_Ferris.pn g (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:The_First_Thanksgiving_Jean_Louis_Gerome_Ferr is.png) Observed by Canada, United States. Type: National
Date 2nd Monday in October (Canada)
4th Thursday in November (U.S.)
2009 date October 12, 2009 (Canada);
November 26, 2009 (U.S.)
2010 date October 11, 2010 (Canada);
November 25, 2010 (U.S.)
Thanksgiving Day is a Harvest Festival celebrated primarily in Canada and the USA. Traditionally, it is a time to give thanks for the harvest and express Gratitude in general. The Thanksgiving Day service is held annually at the Pieterskerk in Leiden. While perhaps religious in origin, Thanksgiving is now primarily identified as a secular holiday.
The date and location of the first Thanksgiving celebration is a topic of modest contention. The traditional "first Thanksgiving" is the celebration that occurred at the site of Plymouth Plantation , in 1621. The Plymouth celebration occurred early in the history of what would become one of the original thirteen colonies that became the United States. The celebration became an important part of the American Myth by the 1800s. This Thanksgiving, modeled after celebrations that were commonplace in contemporary Europe, is generally regarded as America's first. Elementary school teacher Robyn Gioia has argued that the earliest attested "thanksgiving" celebration in what is now the United States was celebrated by the Spanish on Sept. 8th, 1565 in what is now St. Augustine, Florida. Today, Thanksgiving is celebrated on the second Monday of October in Canada, and on the fourth Thursday of November in the United States. Thanksgiving Dinner is held on this day, usually as a gathering of family members and friends
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Thanksgiving Day
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0b/The_First_Thanksgiving_Jean_Louis_Gerome_Ferris.pn g/225px-The_First_Thanksgiving_Jean_Louis_Gerome_Ferris.pn g (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:The_First_Thanksgiving_Jean_Louis_Gerome_Ferr is.png) Observed by Canada, United States. Type: National
Date 2nd Monday in October (Canada)
4th Thursday in November (U.S.)
2009 date October 12, 2009 (Canada);
November 26, 2009 (U.S.)
2010 date October 11, 2010 (Canada);
November 25, 2010 (U.S.)
Thanksgiving Day is a Harvest Festival celebrated primarily in Canada and the USA. Traditionally, it is a time to give thanks for the harvest and express Gratitude in general. The Thanksgiving Day service is held annually at the Pieterskerk in Leiden. While perhaps religious in origin, Thanksgiving is now primarily identified as a secular holiday.
The date and location of the first Thanksgiving celebration is a topic of modest contention. The traditional "first Thanksgiving" is the celebration that occurred at the site of Plymouth Plantation , in 1621. The Plymouth celebration occurred early in the history of what would become one of the original thirteen colonies that became the United States. The celebration became an important part of the American Myth by the 1800s. This Thanksgiving, modeled after celebrations that were commonplace in contemporary Europe, is generally regarded as America's first. Elementary school teacher Robyn Gioia has argued that the earliest attested "thanksgiving" celebration in what is now the United States was celebrated by the Spanish on Sept. 8th, 1565 in what is now St. Augustine, Florida. Today, Thanksgiving is celebrated on the second Monday of October in Canada, and on the fourth Thursday of November in the United States. Thanksgiving Dinner is held on this day, usually as a gathering of family members and friends