Celebrating Thanksgiving on November 23, 2023
Thanksgiving is a time to give thanks for all the many blessings in our lives
Thanksgiving is a holiday celebrated in the United States to celebrate the Colonists first successful harvest with their Native American Allies. It is celebrated on the 3rd Thursday of November each year. This is a time to celebrate with family, food and in many cases, football.
It is based on a historical tradition of celebrating a good and plentiful harvest, often symbolized by the cornucopia. Many children’s schools will also do plays that reenact the first Thanksgiving in celebration of coming together between cultures.
According to The History Channel,
In November 1621, after the Pilgrims’ first corn harvest proved successful, Governor William Bradford organized a celebratory feast and invited a group of the fledgling colony’s Native American allies, including the Wampanoag chief Massasoit. Now remembered as America’s “first Thanksgiving” — although the Pilgrims themselves may not have used the term at the time — the festival lasted for three days.
Even though the story of the first Thanksgiving shows a sense of harmony between early settlers and the Native Americans, often this was not the case. This creates some controversy in…
