1 / 5

History of the Thanksgiving Holiday

History of the Thanksgiving Holiday. By: Becky Ramzel. Who Started the Tradition?. President Abraham Lincoln proclaimed a national Thanksgiving Day during the Civil War, on October 3, 1863. http://wiki.answers.com/Q/Which_American_President_established_Thanksgiving_as_a_national_holiday.

colin
Download Presentation

History of the Thanksgiving Holiday

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript


  1. History of the Thanksgiving Holiday By: Becky Ramzel

  2. Who Started the Tradition? • President Abraham Lincoln proclaimed a national Thanksgiving Day during the Civil War, on October 3, 1863. • http://wiki.answers.com/Q/Which_American_President_established_Thanksgiving_as_a_national_holiday

  3. Why is Thanksgiving celebrated in November? • It was celebrated in late November at the end of the harvest period to solidify the relationship between the settlers and the Native Americans.

  4. Turkey Poem T is for togetherness U is for unity R is relationships K is for kinsmen E is for everyone Y is for you and me!

  5. Thanksgiving Thanksgiving was created by the 16th president of the United States to improve the relationship between the Natives and the new settlers. Today, we celebrate the holiday on the 4th Thursday of November.

More Related