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The Thanksgiving Day
Тырышкина Оксана Владимировна
МКОУ Октябрьская СОШ
Long voyage on the “Mayflower”
The American Thanksgiving began as a feast of thanksgiving almost four hundred years ago. In 1620, a religious community sailed across the Atlantic Ocean to settle in the New World. They settled in what is now known as the state of Massachusetts. Their first winter in America was difficult. They arrived too late to grow a rich harvest. Moreover, half the colony died from disease. The following spring the Iroquois Indians taught them how to grow corn. Indians showed them also how to grow other crops and how to hunt and fish.
The first harvest
In the autumn of 1621 they got a beautiful harvest of corn, barley, beans and pumpkins. The colonists had much to be thankful for, so they planned a feast. Local Indian chief and ninety Indians were present. The colonists learned from Indians how to cook cranberries and dishes of corn and pumpkins.
The Presidents’ suggestions
In following years many of the colonists celebrated the harvest with a feast of thanks. After the United States gained independence, Congress recommended one yearly day of thanksgiving for the whole country. Later, George Washington suggested the date November 26 as Thanksgiving Day. Then, after the Civil war, Abraham Lincoln suggested the last Thursday in November to be the day of thanksgiving.
The data of The Thanksgiving Day
On November, 26 in 1941 the President of the USA Roosevelt argued this day as the National Holiday – Thanksgiving Day.
The traditions
Going to the Church. Family dinner. Voluntary organizations. The Parades.
The traditional food
The pardon of the turkey
They sing