November 26 First National Other Events This Day • First lion exhibited in America (1716) • First meteor photograph (1885) Proclamation

The Pilgrims in the Colonies first celebrated Thanksgiving in 1621, giving thanks for the abundant food supply and help from their new friends the Native Americans . Another Thanksgiving in 1777 celebrated victory over the British . President issued a proclamation in 1789, calling for “Thursday, 26 November next, [to] be a day of public thanksgiving and prayer ”. He called upon everyone to give thanks for the successful end of the war; for the new government; for the tranquility, the union, and the plenty enjoyed by all . President Washington directed citizens to plead for continued blessings upon the country and its people . This proclamation was apparently lost for over 100 years . It is believed that it was probably left behind when the government moved from New York to Washington DC, or that it was mixed in with some other papers and discarded . It was located at an auction sale in a New York art gallery and was bought for $300 . It is now preserved and housed in the Library of Congress in Washington DC . Response In what way might this proclamation have influenced the date of our traditional Thanksgiving?

Fascinating Factoid: The magazine editor, Sarah Josepha Hale, was instrumental in getting President Lincoln to establish a national Thanksgiving holiday .

Word Play Make an acrostic by placing letters in the blanks before and/or after the letters in Thanksgiving . The words you use should relate to Thanksgiving .

T ______H ______A ______N ______K ______S Activities • Write about the things you G ______are thankful for in your life, ______I __ __ and write about the things you should be thankful for ______V __ because you are an American . ______I __ __ • Write a menu for your ideal ______N . Choose one item and explain how it ______G is prepared .

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