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Nov. 24—Today is Thanksgiving and many northeast Ohio residents will be spending the day with friends and family. In honor of the holiday, we explored some Thanksgivings of the past, as depicted ...
The Thanksgiving holiday's history in North America is rooted in English traditions dating from the Protestant Reformation. It also has aspects of a harvest festival , even though the harvest in New England occurs well before the late-November date on which the modern Thanksgiving holiday is celebrated.
A harvest festival is an annual celebration that occurs around the time of the main harvest of a given region. Given the differences in climate and crops around the world, harvest festivals can be found at various times at different places. Harvest festivals typically feature feasting, both family and public, with foods that are drawn from crops.
Traditional "first Thanksgiving" stories taught in schools tend to erase the true history, and the Native American perspective.
These vintage Thanksgiving photos show the parades, food preparation, and fanfare from the 1920s to the 1990s.
Thanksgiving is a federal holiday in the United States celebrated on the fourth Thursday of November (which became the uniform date country-wide in 1941). [2] [3] Outside the United States, it is sometimes called American Thanksgiving to distinguish it from the Canadian holiday of the same name and related celebrations in other regions.
Nov. 22—The popular belief is that Thanksgiving was introduced the America by the Pilgrims and Puritans in the 1620s, but the idea of a fall celebration wasn't new to the Americas. While it wasn ...
The traditional "first Thanksgiving" story taught in American schools tends to erase the true history between the Wampanoag tribe and the Pilgrims. The traditional "first Thanksgiving" story ...