In 1621, the Pilgrims and the Wampanoag Indians shared the first Thanksgiving dinner. However, they did not give it this name because to them Thanksgiving day was a complete different holiday. Thanksgiving was celebrated by going to church and giving thanks to GOD. The feast the Pilgrims shared with the Wampanoag Indians, were to share the harvest of the crops.
The Pilgrims menu for this event is different than the one we share today. They did not have any pies because they had no oven to cook them in. They also did not have any mashed potatoes, corn or on the cob, or cranberry sauce. However, the Pilgrims might have ate lobster, claims, wild turkey, duck, goose, indain corn, pumpkin, peas, carrots, plums, grapes, wheat flour, walnuts, chestnuts, and some seasonings.
Their feast lasted them three days. The food was served all at once instead of having courses. Also, they did not pass the food around, they just simply ate whatever was closes to them. Since they did not have any forks to eat with, they ate with spoons, knives and their fingers. For napkins, they used a piece of white cloth. This feast that was shared by the Pilgrims and the Wampanoag Indians was not repeated again.
In 1817, New York State adapted Thanksgiving as an annual custom. In the middle of the 19th century, many other states adapted to celebrate Thanksgiving Day. President Franklin D. Roosevelt set the date for Thanksgiving to be celebrated on the fourth Thursday of November. The congress passed this day as the day we celebrate Thanksgiving in1941.
A major tradition we celebrate on Thanksgiving is the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade. In the 1920's, some employees, that were first generation immigrants wanted to show how proud of their new American heritage, by having a parade on this holiday. The employees marched from 145 street to 34th street in New York. The same route is still used to this day. They dressed up as clowns, cowboys, and knights. They also had many floats, bands and even some live animals from the Central Park. Large balloons were introduced in the 1927 parade with Felix the cat.
In the 1940's, the parade seemed to be at the end because of World War 2. In 1945, the parade had resumed and was televised for the first time. In the 1950's celebrities started to make appearances in the parade including Sid Ceasar, Danny Kaye, and Howdy Doody. In 1971, winds were to strong that they had to cancel the balloons. Viewer that were at home watching the parade had to settle for clips from the 1970 parade. The 60's, 70's and 80's brought some of the favorite balloons including Snoopy, Kermit the Frog, Garfield and Superman.
This beloved tradition is still going strong for over 75 years and will not let you down this year
The Pilgrims menu for this event is different than the one we share today. They did not have any pies because they had no oven to cook them in. They also did not have any mashed potatoes, corn or on the cob, or cranberry sauce. However, the Pilgrims might have ate lobster, claims, wild turkey, duck, goose, indain corn, pumpkin, peas, carrots, plums, grapes, wheat flour, walnuts, chestnuts, and some seasonings.
Their feast lasted them three days. The food was served all at once instead of having courses. Also, they did not pass the food around, they just simply ate whatever was closes to them. Since they did not have any forks to eat with, they ate with spoons, knives and their fingers. For napkins, they used a piece of white cloth. This feast that was shared by the Pilgrims and the Wampanoag Indians was not repeated again.
In 1817, New York State adapted Thanksgiving as an annual custom. In the middle of the 19th century, many other states adapted to celebrate Thanksgiving Day. President Franklin D. Roosevelt set the date for Thanksgiving to be celebrated on the fourth Thursday of November. The congress passed this day as the day we celebrate Thanksgiving in1941.
A major tradition we celebrate on Thanksgiving is the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade. In the 1920's, some employees, that were first generation immigrants wanted to show how proud of their new American heritage, by having a parade on this holiday. The employees marched from 145 street to 34th street in New York. The same route is still used to this day. They dressed up as clowns, cowboys, and knights. They also had many floats, bands and even some live animals from the Central Park. Large balloons were introduced in the 1927 parade with Felix the cat.
In the 1940's, the parade seemed to be at the end because of World War 2. In 1945, the parade had resumed and was televised for the first time. In the 1950's celebrities started to make appearances in the parade including Sid Ceasar, Danny Kaye, and Howdy Doody. In 1971, winds were to strong that they had to cancel the balloons. Viewer that were at home watching the parade had to settle for clips from the 1970 parade. The 60's, 70's and 80's brought some of the favorite balloons including Snoopy, Kermit the Frog, Garfield and Superman.
This beloved tradition is still going strong for over 75 years and will not let you down this year
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