Thanksgiving Day in America is a time to offer thanks, of family gatherings and holiday meals. A time of turkeys, stuffing, and pumpkin pie. A time for Indian corn, holiday parades and giant balloons
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Thanksgiving is celebrated on the 4th Thursday of November, which this year (2004) is November 25th.
Thanksgiving Day: Fourth Thursday in November
Almost every culture in the world has held celebrations of thanks for a plentiful harvest. The American Thanksgiving holiday began as a feast of thanksgiving in the early days of the American colonies almost four hundred years ago.
In 1620, a boat filled with more than one hundred people sailed across the Atlantic Ocean to settle in the New World(新大陆). This religious group had begun to question the beliefs of the Church of England and they wanted to separate from it. The Pilgrims settled in what is now the state of Massachusetts. Their first winter in the New World was difficult. They had arrived too late to grow many crops, and without fresh food, half the colony died from disease. The following spring the Iroquois Indians(美国纽约州东北部易洛魁族印第安人)taught them how to grow corn, a new food for the colonists. They showed them other crops to grow in the unfamiliar soil and how to hunt and fish.
In the autumn of 1621, bountiful crops of corn, barley(大麦), beans and pumpkins were harvested. The colonists had much to be thankful for, so a feast was planned. They invited the local Indian chief and 90 Indians. The Indians brought deer to roast with the turkeys and other wild game offered by the colonists. The colonists had learned how to cook cranberries and different kinds of corn and squash dishes from the Indians. To this first Thanksgiving, the Indians had even brought popcorn.
In following years, many of the original colonists celebrated the autumn harvest with a feast of thanks.
After the United States became an independent country, Congress recommended one yearly day of thanksgiving for the whole nation to celebrate. George Washington suggested the date November 26 as Thanksgiving Day. Then in 1863, at the end of a long and bloody civil war, Abraham Lincoln asked all Americans to set aside the last Thursday in November as a day of thanksgiving.
Thanksgiving falls on the fourth Thursday of November, a different date every year. The President must proclaim that date as the official celebration.
Thanksgiving is a time for tradition and sharing. Even if they live far away, family members gather for a reunion at the house of an older relative. All give thanks together for the good things that they have.
In this spirit of sharing, civic groups and charitable organizations offer a traditional meal to those in need, particularly the homeless. On most tables throughout the United States, foods eaten at the first thanksgiving have become traditional.
感恩节在美国的第一个遵守完全是宗教性和参与任何形式的灯红酒绿。1619年12月4日，一组38英国移民来到伯克利分校的詹姆斯河种植...弗吉尼亚州查尔斯市，作为对上帝的感恩节观察一天的到来。
在新英格兰地区的第一个感恩节的庆祝活动在1621年，一点点不到一年后，普利茅斯殖民者曾在美国定居。作为朝圣者之称，他们已成立了一个叫五月花号船，1620年9月6日，英国普利茅斯起航。他们是财富猎人，足智多谋的“新世界”的约束。五月花是男人，妇女和儿童拥挤的小型船舶，除了船上的水手。机上乘客包括“分裂主义”，他称自己为“圣人”，和其他人的分裂分子所谓的“陌生人”。
土地后在11月发现以下一个致命的航行66天，举行了一次会议，是圣徒和陌生人之间的停战协定。它被称为“五月花号公约。该协议保证两组的成员之间的平等。他们合并在一起，作为公认的“朝圣者”。他们当选为他们的第一个州长约翰卡弗。
然而，流行的观点相反，洛克是不是原殖民地的网站。当朝圣者1620年12月11日，降落在寻找新鲜的规定，他们打招呼的敌意在附近的当地人，几乎一次出海。一点点再往南，他们遇到的科德角，一个更加有利的锚地比普利茅斯已被证明是一个外来人口，这是在性质上更加亲切。从他们的航程和厌倦没有心情追捕其“宪章”(这是相当进一步沿海岸的某处在弗吉尼亚州的普利茅斯公司原授予的限制)规定的站点，香客决定建立自己的殖民地内这种友好的领土。
马萨诸塞州，最初的严酷的冬季，杀害了约一半原来的102殖民者。在1621以下的春天，印度人，两个勇敢的命名Samoset(Wampanoag部落)和Squanto(Patuxtet部落)领导，教授的幸存者如何种植玉米(当地人称为“玉米”)，以及如何捕捉为了alewives(各种鲱鱼家族的)鱼可能被用来作为一个化肥增长南瓜，豆类等作物。Samsoset和Squanto还指示在狩猎和垂钓的艺术朝圣者。那年夏天，尽管豌豆，小麦和大麦歉收，一个良好的玉米产量预计和南瓜收成丰硕。在初秋，承认给予帮助印第安人的殖民者给有survivied感谢，州长威廉布拉德福德安排了一个丰收的节日。四名男子被送往“打鸟”后，鸭，鹅。土耳其可能会或可能不会一直因为“土耳其”是由朝圣者用来指任何类型的野生禽鸟即将到来的一餐的一部分。
艺术节历时3天。Massasoit，当地的SACHEM或行政的Wampanoag连同90印第安人各部落的东部林地，参加了仪式。可以毫无疑问，最有可能由土著人口提供了大多数的盛宴。可以肯定的是，他们提供的鹿肉。餐的其余部分，围绕吃大型表的户外，也可能包括鱼，浆果，煮南瓜，水芹，韭菜，龙虾，干果，蛤，野生李子和面包。相信这首新英格兰感恩节的庆祝活动是9月21日和11月9日之间的某个时候发生了。
然而，事件是一次性的庆祝活动。，这不是重复次年，也不是它打算成为一年一度的节日。但直到55年后比另一个感恩节正式宣布时，理事会，美国马萨诸塞州的查尔斯顿，1676年6月20日召开的权衡如何以最佳方式表达感谢已获得他们的社区建立良好的财富。经投票一致，爱德华罗森(理事会秘书)奉命到6月29日公布的感恩节。再次，这被证明是唯一一个一次性事件。
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