Thanksgiving

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Thanksgiving

• The day America sets aside for family, for
  remembrance.

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First Thanksgiving

• The first Thanksgiving celebration held in
  America occurred in 1619. On December fourth of
  that year, thirty-eight English settlers arrived
  at the Berkeley Plantation in Virginia. Part of
  their original charter stated that they would set
  aside.

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New World

• The next recorded celebration is also most
  famous. Plymouth, Massachusetts, 1621. The first
  winter the Pilgrims had in the New World was a
  brutal one.
• The following harvest season was so bountiful in
  fact that the Pilgrims decided to hold a feast
  for celebration and thanksgiving. This
  festival, which lasted three days, included the
  participation of nearly 100 Native Americans.
• Governor William Bradford
• Had invited the natives to show them
  appreciation, for helping his colony survive
  through the harsh weather conditions.

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Next Time

• The next celebration didnt occur until 1623.
  In the hope of bringing much needed rain, they
  gathered together in a prayer service. As other
  settlers came to the country, they held their own
  thanksgiving celebrations, but each celebration
  was independent of the next.
• In 1668 the Plymouth general court tried to
  bring some order to the celebration by declaring
  November 25th to be Thanksgiving. It was a
  proclamation that only lasted within the colony
  for five years.

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Why Thursday?

• How it came to be held on a Thursday is not
  widely know.
• The first thanksgivings were held on Thursday
  (and in some cases Wednesday) so as to not
  interfere with the Sabbath. During these times,
  the Sabbath was an extremely important day
• Saturday was a day of preparation and Monday
  was out to give the Sabbath its proper respect
  so with these restrictions Thursday becomes an
  easy choice.
• The first national celebration of
  Thanksgiving occurred in 1777.
• This one-time only event occurred at this time
  as a way to celebrate the America defeat of the
  British at Saratoga.

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Sara Josepha Hale

• 1789 George Washington made the first
  Presidential proclamation declaring Thanksgiving
  a national event. November 26 of that year. The
  pattern was set.
• Second President John Adams moved it to
  Wednesday. Finding it brought more resistance
  than he felt it was worth. He relented and
  changed the day back.
• Thomas Jeffersons turn as President, he decided
  against the idea of Thanksgiving. It went for
  nearly 60 years until Sarah Josepha Hale (a
  magazine editor) came to bat. She was concerned
  with her belief that the country needed to set
  aside a day to give thanks unto him who all
  blessing flow. 1863 , she saw her dream as
  Abraham Lincoln declared the last Thursday of
  November as a national day of Thanksgiving.

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for whom? for what?

• 1930, Roosevelt tried to move the date to slide
  it forward by a week to extend the Christmas
  shopping season.
• 1941, Congress declared the fourth Thursday in
  November to be the legal Holiday know as
  Thanksgiving.
• It should noted while Thanksgiving has become a
  holiday deeply associated with America, there
  have been numerous
• harvest , autumn, and Thanksgiving
  festivals throughout history including Grecian,
  Roman and Egyptian celebrations.

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Thanksgiving Dinner recipe

• Herb-roasted Turkey
• Ingredients
• 1/2 cup olive oil, divided
• 4 garlic cloves, minced
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1/4 teaspoon pepper
• 1 turkey (14 to 16 pounds)
• 8 fresh sage leaves plus 4 fresh sage sprigs,
  divided
• 6 fresh thyme sprigs, divided
• 4 medium onions
• 5 celery ribs 5 medium carrots 3medium parsnips
  

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• In a small bowl, combine 1/4 cup oil, garlic,
  salt and pepper. With fingers, carefully loosen
  skin from the turkey breast rub mixture under
  the skin. Place sage leaves and two thyme sprigs
  under the skin. Secure skin to underside of
  breast with toothpicks.
• Cut onions into wedges and the celery, carrots
  and parsnips into 2-in. lengths. Place about a
  fifth of the onions, celery and carrots in the
  turkey cavity add sprigs and remaining thyme.
  Place remaining vegetables in a roasting pan.
  Place turkey, breast side up, over vegetables.
  Brush with remaining oil.
• Bake at 325 for 3-1/4 to 3-3/4 hours or until a
  meat thermometer reads 180, basting occasionally
  with pan drippings. Cover loosely with foil if
  turkey browns too quickly. Cover and let stand
  for 20 minutes before carving turkey. Discard
  vegetables use drippings to make
  gravy. Yield 14 servings.

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Writer Yayoi Spurgeon 11/18/2010