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Thanksgiving Posters
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holidays > social studies > THANKSGIVING < November Teachable Moments
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Thanksgiving Day, an autumn harvest festival giving thanks for the harvest and expressing gratitude in general. Thanksgiving is celebrated primarily in the United States on the 4th Thursday of November and in Canada on the 2nd Monday in October (earlier harvest).
While special ceremonies and prayers dedicated to thanks are common in most religions, particularly after harvests, US Thanksgiving is primarily a secular holiday, going back more to time of Henry VIII and the English Reformation. In reaction to the large number of Catholic holidays - 96 Church holidays and 52 Sundays, and the expenses incurred, Reformers, which included the Puritans, wanted to eliminate all Church holidays and replace them with Days of Fasting and Days of Thanksgiving.
The second Thanksgiving celebrated in North America was the 1621 feast in celebration of the good harvest, with the help of Native Americans, in Plymouth, present-day Massachusetts. The first Thanksgiving in North America was offered by explorer Martin Frobisher in 1578 on Baffin Island (today Nunavut), as thanks for a safe crossing from England.
In 1863 President Abraham Lincoln proclaimed the last Thursday in November as a national day of Thanksgiving to foster a sense of unity during the Civil War. Lincoln was influenced by Sarah Josepha Hale, a popular author, who wrote letters to politicians for many years trying to make the traditional date an official holiday. In 1939 President Franklin Delano Roosevelt proclaimed the 4th Thursday (which may not be the last Thursday) as the national day, in order to boost the economy. In late 1941 Congress jointly resolved the 4th Thursday, which was signed by FDR.
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Over the river and through the wood,
To Grandfather's house we go;
The horse knows the way
To carry the sleigh
Through the white and drifted snow.
Over the river and through the wood,
Oh, how the wind does blow!
It stings the toes,
And bites the nose,
As over the ground we go.
Over the river and through the wood,
Trot fast, my dapple gray!
Spring over the ground,
Like a hunting hound,
For this is Thanksgiving-Day.
Over the river and through the wood,
And straight through the barnyard gate!
We seem to go
Extremely slow,
It is so hard to wait!
Over the river and through the wood;
Now Grandmother's cap I spy!
Hurrah for the fun!
Is the pudding done?
Hurrah for the pumpkin pie!
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Over the river and through the wood,
To Grandfather's house we go;
The horse knows the way
To carry the sleigh
Through the white and drifted snow.
Over the river and through the wood,
Oh, how the wind does blow!
It stings the toes,
And bites the nose,
As over the ground we go.
Over the river and through the wood,
Trot fast, my dapple gray!
Spring over the ground,
Like a hunting hound,
For this is Thanksgiving-Day.
Over the river and through the wood,
And straight through the barnyard gate!
We seem to go
Extremely slow,
It is so hard to wait!
Over the river and through the wood;
Now Grandmother's cap I spy!
Hurrah for the fun!
Is the pudding done?
Hurrah for the pumpkin pie!
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