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  2. Thanksgiving (United States) - Wikipedia

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    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.

  3. Thanksgiving - Wikipedia

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    An American colony from 1901 to 1946, the Philippines observed Thanksgiving as a special public holiday on the same day as the Americans. [51] During the Japanese occupation during World War II , both the Americans and Filipinos celebrated Thanksgiving in secret.

  4. For Indigenous peoples, Thanksgiving has complex meaning ...

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    For many Americans, Thanksgiving is a reminder of how Indigenous people saved the first colonists from starvation at Plymouth Rock in 1621. It is a story of hope, of how America can be with ...

  5. Thanksgiving dinner - Wikipedia

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    Early North American settlers did eat turkey, but the lavish feasts that are frequently ascribed to Thanksgiving in the 17th century were a creation of nineteenth-century writers who sought to popularize a unifying holiday in which all Americans could share. [9] Thanksgiving Day was made a national holiday in the mid-19th century, and the ...

  6. The Real History of Thanksgiving - AOL

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    Once you understand the complicated real history of Thanksgiving, there are things you can do to celebrate the holiday in a meaningful way while respecting and honoring Native Americans, Foxworth ...

  7. Huh? Why Do We Celebrate Thanksgiving on a Thursday? - AOL

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    Early on in school, we learn to equate Thanksgiving with a feast between Pilgrims and Native Americans, along with crafts like "Turkey Disguises" and *the* activity of tracing our hand prints to ...

  8. When and what is Thanksgiving? Why do we celebrate the ... - AOL

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    What is the busiest travel day for Thanksgiving 2023? According to AAA, 49.13 million Americans plan to drive to their Thanksgiving destination in 2023 with another 4.69 million traveling by airplane.

  9. Myth of the First Thanksgiving - Wikipedia

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    "The First Thanksgiving at Plymouth" (1914) By Jennie A. Brownscombe. In the 1840s, American writer Sarah Josepha Hale read an account of the 1621 event, connected the feast to contemporary Thanksgiving celebrations, [15]: 26 and began advocating for a national Thanksgiving holiday in 1846.