Module4CarnivalThanksgivingDayintheUnitedStatesstartedasawayofgivingthankstoagoodharvest
ItfallsonthefourthThursdayofNovember
TheoriginofthemodernThanksgivingDayistheharvestcelebrationinPlymouth,Massachusettsin1621
EarlyThanksgivingtooktheformofaspecialchurchservice,ratherthanafeast,asiscommonnow
GeorgeWashingtonannouncedthefirstnationalThanksgivingDayin1789
Since1863,ThanksgivingDayhasbeenayearlyholidayintheUnitedStates
Amorerecenttraditionstartedin1947
Sincethen,weoftenseeontelevisionthePresidentpardoningtheturkey
Itistraditionalforfamiliesandfriendstogettogetherforalargemealwithaturkey,potatoesandotherseasonalvegetables
ManyofthesefoodsarenativetoAmericaandwerenotavailableinEuropewhenEuropeansfirstsettledinAmerica
ThanksgivingDayparadesareheldinsomecitiesandtownsoftheUS
Manyfootballgame