A Thanksgiving Timeline

A Thanksgiving Timeline

• 1621 – Pilgrims and Native Americans celebrated a harvest feast (known as the first “Thanksgiving”) in Plymouth, Massachusetts.
• 1630 – Settlers observed the first Thanksgiving of the Massachusetts Bay Colony in New England on July 8, 1630.
• 1777 – While in route to Valley Forge, George Washington and his army stopped in freezing weather to observe the first Thanksgiving of the new United States of America.
• 1789 – President George Washington declared November 26, 1789, as a national day of “thanksgiving and prayer.”
• 1863 – President Abraham Lincoln declared Thanksgiving an official federal holiday.
• 1876 – The first intercollegiate football championship was held on Thanksgiving Day
• 1924 – Macy’s held its first Thanksgiving Day parade.
• 1934 –The first National Football League game held on Thanksgiving Day was between the Detroit Lions who faced the Chicago Bears at the University of Detroit Stadium.
• 1941 – President Roosevelt established the fourth Thursday in November as Thanksgiving Day.
• 1947 – President Harry Truman “pardoned” a turkey the day before it was scheduled to be served up as the main course at the White House Thanksgiving dinner. Modern presidents today have carried on the tradition.
•  information was taken from:  https://www.thanksgiving.com/all-holidays/thanksgiving/thanksgiving-traditions-history
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