First of all Happy Thanksgiving to all of you in the U.S.A.,and may you all have plenty to be thankful for.
In 1863 President Abraham Lincoln designated the last Thursday in November as a national day of thanksgiving. In 1939 President Franklin Roosevelt changed the date to the 4th Thursday of the month,as some years (1939 was one) there is a fifth Thursday.
Cranberries had been used by Native Americans in a variety of foods and also as medicine and dye,they had given it the name craneberry because the blossoms reminded them of a crane.
In 2007 President George W. Bush granted a pardon to two turkeys named May and Flower at the 60th annual National Thanksgiving presentation. The two turkeys were flown to Orlando,FL,where they served as honorary grand marshals for the Disney World Thanksgiving parade. The current tradition of presidential turkey pardons began in 1947,but the practice is said to have informally begun when Abraham Lincoln granted a pardon to his son's pet turkey. In 2009 President Obama pardoned a turkey named Courage.
Minnesota is the top turkey producing state in America,but Illinois grows the most pumpkins. The largest pumpkin pie ever baked weighed 2,020 lbs,it included 900 lbs pumpkin,62 gallons evaporated milk,155 dozen eggs,300 lbs sugar,3.5 lbs of salt,7lbs of cinnamon,2lbs or pumpkin spice and 250 lbs of crust.
In 1863 President Abraham Lincoln designated the last Thursday in November as a national day of thanksgiving. In 1939 President Franklin Roosevelt changed the date to the 4th Thursday of the month,as some years (1939 was one) there is a fifth Thursday.
Cranberries had been used by Native Americans in a variety of foods and also as medicine and dye,they had given it the name craneberry because the blossoms reminded them of a crane.
In 2007 President George W. Bush granted a pardon to two turkeys named May and Flower at the 60th annual National Thanksgiving presentation. The two turkeys were flown to Orlando,FL,where they served as honorary grand marshals for the Disney World Thanksgiving parade. The current tradition of presidential turkey pardons began in 1947,but the practice is said to have informally begun when Abraham Lincoln granted a pardon to his son's pet turkey. In 2009 President Obama pardoned a turkey named Courage.
Minnesota is the top turkey producing state in America,but Illinois grows the most pumpkins. The largest pumpkin pie ever baked weighed 2,020 lbs,it included 900 lbs pumpkin,62 gallons evaporated milk,155 dozen eggs,300 lbs sugar,3.5 lbs of salt,7lbs of cinnamon,2lbs or pumpkin spice and 250 lbs of crust.
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