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For both plans only complete forms if there are 15 Brent Agnew
Th a n k s g i v i n g f a c t s
By the fall of 1621 only half of the pilgrims, who had sailed on the Mayflower, survived. The
survivors, thankful to be alive, decided to give a thanksgiving feast.
The first celebration lasted three days.
The drink the Puritans brought with them on the Mayflower was beer.
Abraham Lincoln issued a Thanksgiving Proclamation on the third October in 1863 and of-
ficially set aside the last Thursday of November as the national day for Thanksgiving.
Congress passed an official proclamation in 1941 declaring Thanksgiving will be observed as
a legal holiday on the fourth Thursday of November every year.
“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
“We have a choice to plow new ground or let the weeds grow.”
- Jonathan Westover
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