Thanksgiving Day History (U.S.)
Thanksgiving Day - national holiday in the United States commemorating the harvest reaped by the Plymouth Colony in 1621, after a winter of great starvation and privation. In that year Gov. William Bradford proclaimed a day of thanksgiving, and the feast was shared by all the colonists and the neighboring Native Americans. Although similar observances were held locally, they were sporadic and at Read More...
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Thanksgiving Day History (U.S.)
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The Lady of Godey's, Sarah Josepha Hale (Includes Chap. XII "Thanksgiving Day")
by Ruth E. Finley. 322 pgs.
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The Oxford Companion to the Year (Includes "Thanksgiving" on p. 654)
by Bonnie Blackburn, Leofranc Holford-Strevens. 938 pgs.
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Q: Should Public Schools Celebrate Thanksgiving and Christmas Holidays?, in Insight on the News
by Eric Buehrer, Edd Doerr. 4 pgs.
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Days and Customs of All Faiths (Discussion of Thanksgiving begins on p. 300)
by Howard V. Harper. 388 pgs.
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The Pan-American Mass, 1909-1914: A Rejected Contribution to Thanksgiving Day, in Church History
by James F. Vivian. 13 pgs.
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America's Origin Myth: Remembering Plymouth Rock, in American Literary History
by Sargent Bush Jr. 12 pgs.
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