Happy Thanksgiving!...

Happy Thanksgiving!!!


Pilgrim, Pilgrim
- by M. Hubbard

Pilgrim, Pilgrim, what do you see?
I see the king refusing my plea.
Pilgrim, Pilgrim, what do you see?
I see the Mayflower ready for sea.
Pilgrim, Pilgrim, what do you see?
I see a new land to set me free.
Pilgrim, Pilgrim, what do you see?
I see a hard winter, tough as can be.
Pilgrim, Pilgrim, what do you see?
I see a green bud on a spring tree.
Pilgrim, Pilgrim, what do you see?
I see an Indian helping me.
Pilgrim, Pilgrim, what do you see?
I see corn growing, 1, 2, 3!
Pilgrim, Pilgrim, what do you see?
I see praise, for thankful are we!

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Thanksgiving Facts


What was served at the First Thanksgiving?

There is no record of the exact menu. The only two items that historians know for
sure were on the menu are venison and wild fowl, which they found in a diary by
Edward Winslow, a Pilgrim.

Historians say the main course was meat, probably venison, pigs and chicken. It is
not known if they served turkey at the first Thanksgiving. They also had some sea
food like lobsters and eels. There was corn and possibly potatoes, carrots,
cranberries, and maybe some wild blackberries. No cakes or pies were served, as
there were no ovens, but they did have bread which they cooked on flat stones over
a fire.

More Facts...

* The Pilgrims arrived at Plymouth, Massachusetts in December, 1620.

* 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 Wampanoag Indians taught the Pilgrims how to cultivate the land. They were
invited to the First Thanksgiving feast by the Pilgrim leader, Governor William Bradford.

* The first Thanksgiving celebration lasted three days.

* Thanksgiving became a legal holiday in 1941 when Congress passed an official
proclamation.

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Thanksgiving
- by Ralph Waldo Emerson

For each new morning with its light,
For rest and shelter of the night,
For health and food,
For love and friends,
For everything Thy goodness sends.


What are you thankful for today?