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1578
Canada's first Thanksgiving celebration
It took place when an expedition led by Martin Frobisher held a Nunavut ceremony to thank the safety of their fleet. -
Harvest festival
They generally believe that their Thanksgiving is based on a harvest festival shared by the English settlers of Plymouth and the people of Wampanoag. -
They sealed a treaty between the two groups.
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The deal they agreed to was finished until the War of King Felipe
In which hundreds of settlers and thousands of Native Americans lost their lives. -
The new Congress of the United States left the Thanksgiving declarations to the States.
Some took it on the religious side, some others were slow to take up this custom; others were offended by the political speeches and parades. -
President Abraham Lincoln during the Civil War proclaimed a national Thanksgiving day to be celebrated on November 26.
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Thanksgiving Soccer Games
They started with Yale against Princeton -
Parliament established a national Thanksgiving Day on November 6
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Gimbel's department store in Philadelphia staged a parade
This parade had about 50 people and Santa Claus -
Macy's annual parade in New York City has continued that tradition
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Macy's parade includes huge balloons
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Roosevelt issued a proclamation designating the fourth Thursday in November as Thanksgiving.
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Thanksgiving Day is celebrated in Canada on the second Monday in October.
