Interesting Facts

Thanksgiving is a day to give thanks for the blessings of the previous year as well as the harvest. Here are some interesting facts about the day we call 'Turkey Day'

The first Thanksgiving in the United States was held at Plymouth in 1621. This feast was prompted by a good harvest and celebrated by pilgrims and puritans.
Approximately 280 million turkeys are consumed on Thanksgiving in the United States.
The first Thanksgiving in 1621 was celebrated for three days.
In 1863, Abraham Lincoln declared the last Thursday in November to be the national day for Thanksgiving.
Each year the President of the United States pardons a turkey. This lucky turkey is guaranteed to spend the rest of its life living freely and not ending up on a turkey platter.

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THANKSGIVING SLOGANS

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¹ There is no sincere love than the love of food, family, and being thankful

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² Gather together, give thanks

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³ Give thanks in everything

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⁴ Thanksgiving, after all, is a word of action

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⁵ Im thankful for the everything I have

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⁶ Give thanks with a grateful heart

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⁷ Its turkey time! Happy Thanksgiving!

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⁸ Thankful and grateful, today and everyday

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On this day of thanks we share with the loved ones for whom we care.

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¹⁰ Be thankful for what you got, not focused on what you have not.

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Quotes on Thanksgiving
Quotes of Thanksgivng and gratitude:

"Thanksgiving Day is a jewel, to set in the hearts of honest men; but be careful that you do not take the day, and leave out the gratitude." -E.P. Powell
"Meow” means "woof" in cat." -George Carlin
"As we express our gratitude, we must never forget that the highest appreciation is not to utter words, but to live by them." -John Fitzgerald Kennedy
"Thanksgiving Day comes, by statute, once a year; to the honest man it comes as frequently as the heart of gratitude will allow." -Edward Sandford Martin
"The unthankful heart... discovers no mercies; but let the thankful heart sweep through the day and, as the magnet finds the iron, so it will find, in every hour, some heavenly blessings!" -Henry Ward Beecher

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