The Thanksgiving holiday’s history in North America is rooted in English traditions dating from the Protestant Reformation.
The modern Thanksgiving holiday tradition is traced to a well-recorded 1619 event in Virginia and a 1621 celebration at Plymouth, Massachusetts.
This American holiday feast dates back to November 1621, when the newly arrived Pilgrims and the Wampanoag Indians gathered at Plymouth for an autumn harvest celebration.
A Pilgrim wrote in his journal that the colony’s governor had a hunting mission in preparation for the three-day event.
The hunting party returned with turkeys and other birds, such as ducks, geese, and swans. Instead of bread-based stuffing, herbs, onions or nuts might have been added to the birds for extra flavor.
The pilgrim wrote that the Wampanoag Indians arrived with an offering of five deer.
Local vegetables likely appearing on the table include onions, beans, lettuce, spinach, cabbage, carrots, peas and Corn.
Fruits included blueberries, plums, grapes, gooseberries, raspberries and, cranberries.
For many Americans, the Thanksgiving meal includes roast turkey with stuffing, cranberry sauce, mashed potatoes, and pumpkin pie.
As President of the United States, George Washington proclaimed the first nationwide thanksgiving celebration in America, marking November 26, 1789, as a day of public thanksgiving and prayer, to be observed by acknowledging with grateful hearts the many and signal favors of Almighty God.
1 Thessalonians 5:18 In every thing give thanks: for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus concerning you.
Colossians 3:17 And whatsoever ye do in word or deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God and the Father by him.
Psalms 107:1 O give thanks unto the LORD, for he is good: for his mercy endureth for ever.
Thanksgiving in the United States was observed on various dates throughout history. From the time of the Founding Fathers until the time of Lincoln, the date Thanksgiving was observed varied from state to state.
The final Thursday in November had become the customary date in most U.S. states by the beginning of the 19th century.
On October 31, 1939, President Franklin Roosevelt changed the holiday to the next to last Thursday in November, for business reasons. On December 26, 1941, he signed a joint resolution of Congress changing the national Thanksgiving Day from the last Thursday in November to the fourth Thursday.
Thanksgiving is a national holiday celebrated on various dates in Canada, the United States, some Caribbean Islands, and Liberia. It began as a day of giving thanks for the blessing of the harvest and the preceding year.
Similarly named festival holidays to occur in Germany and Japan.
Thanksgiving is held in Australia on the last Wednesday of November.
Thanksgiving is held in Canada on the second Monday in October.
Thanksgiving is held in Grenada on October 25th.
Thanksgiving is held in the West African country of Liberia on the first Thursday of November
Thanksgiving is held in Japan on November 23rd.
Thanksgiving does not have an official date in the United Kingdom.
Thanksgiving is held in India between January 14 to January 16.
Ephesians 5:20 Giving thanks always for all things unto God and the Father in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ.
2 Corinthians 9:11 You will be enriched in every way so that you can be generous on every occasion, and through us your generosity will result in thanksgiving to God.
Psalms 150:1 Praise ye the Lord. Praise God in his sanctuary: praise him in the firmament of his power.
Psalms 150:2 Praise him for his mighty acts: praise him according to his excellent greatness.
Psalms 150:3 Praise him with the sound of the trumpet: praise him with the psaltery and harp.
Psalms 150:4 Praise him with the timbrel and dance: praise him with stringed instruments and organs.
Psalms 150:5 Praise him upon the loud cymbals: praise him upon the high sounding cymbals.
Psalms 150:6 Let every thing that hath breath praise the Lord. Praise ye the Lord.
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