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Turkey, pumpkin pie, family, football and parades. 00:00:01
Where did these traditions come from and how did they become a part of the national holiday we call Thanksgiving? 00:00:13
To understand the origins of this holiday, we must take a look back at the origins of our country itself, 00:00:20
particularly at the Plymouth Colony and its crucial first year. 00:00:26
year. In the fall of 1620, the cargo ship Mayflower transported a group of 102 English men, 00:00:30
women, and children to the New World. A portion of this group were separatists, people who had 00:00:38
religiously separated themselves from the Church of England and wanted to come to the New World 00:00:43
to find religious freedom. In time, these people would come to be known as the Pilgrims. 00:00:48
The Mayflower arrived at the New World in December of 1620, weeks later than they had 00:00:54
originally hoped and landing much farther north than they had planned, putting them in present-day 00:00:59
Massachusetts. These unfortunate circumstances made for a particularly harsh winter. Nearly half 00:01:04
the colonists died and those who did not fell ill. As the spring of 1621 approached, the luck 00:01:11
of Plymouth Colony began to change. The colony was visited by several local Indians, or Wampanoag 00:01:17
people. One of these visitors was Tisquantum, otherwise known as Squanto. Squanto spoke English 00:01:24
and showed the pilgrims how to use fish as fertilizer to grow crops on sandy land. He was 00:01:32
their interpreter. He even chose to live among the colonists at Plymouth. By November 1621, 00:01:38
things were looking up for the pilgrims. They had survived their first year in the New World 00:01:46
and had a successful enough harvest to continue living there. 00:01:51
The pilgrims collected their harvest, which could have included corn, pumpkins, squash, and some grain. 00:01:55
They caught fish and gathered together wild fowl or birds, 00:02:02
such as ducks, geese, and even wild turkeys to feast on in celebration. 00:02:06
The mighty king of the Wampanoag people, Masa Soit, joined the pilgrims with 90 of his men. 00:02:11
He also donated five deer to this great feast which lasted for three whole days. 00:02:16
To the pilgrims, this celebration was not the start of a new holiday. 00:02:24
It was a common harvest festival, much like the ones held in Europe every fall after a good harvest. 00:02:28
On December 18, 1777, Washington held a national day of Thanksgiving to commemorate the defeat of the British Army at Saratoga. 00:02:35
Through the remainder of the Revolutionary War, Washington proclaimed several national days of Thanksgiving to commemorate special days. 00:02:44
By the end of the war, individual states, particularly in the North, had gotten used to having a yearly Thanksgiving day, 00:02:51
though there was no official national holiday and the date of the feast would vary from state to state. 00:02:58
Thanksgiving, as we know it today, was made possible largely by the efforts of a 19th century writer named Sarah Josepha Hale. 00:03:03
She was America's first female magazine editor and author of the famous nursery rhyme, 00:03:12
Mary Had a Little Lamb. 00:03:19
During the Civil War, Hale was convinced that a national Thanksgiving Day would 00:03:21
She wrote letters to governors and even to President Abraham Lincoln. 00:03:26
A few days after receiving her letter, on October 3, 1863, President Lincoln issued a proclamation declaring the last Thursday of November to be Thanksgiving Day. 00:03:38
Year after year, Americans continued to celebrate this day of feasting and thanks, even though Congress had not yet ratified it as an official holiday. 00:03:52
Over the years, the date seemed to coincide with the beginning of the Christmas shopping season. 00:04:00
In 1924, Macy's department store started their Thanksgiving Day Parade, which route heads down the streets of New York and ends at the store. 00:04:05
Also in the 1920s, the Detroit Lions came up with the idea of a Thanksgiving Day football game in order to boost dwindling attendance. 00:04:15
It was not until 1941 that Congress finally made Thanksgiving Day a legal holiday. 00:04:23
When they did, they moved the holiday up one week 00:04:29
so the official day of Thanksgiving would be the fourth Thursday in November. 00:04:31
This was done in an attempt to extend the Christmas shopping season. 00:04:36
Today, more than anything else, Thanksgiving is about family. 00:04:40
Though the way we serve our turkey and our pumpkin may have changed, 00:04:45
and our entertainment varied over the years from archery and displays of arms 00:04:49
to football and parades, Thanksgiving has become a welcome day of rest to spend with 00:04:54
loved ones in recognition and appreciation for all the blessings for which we are thankful. 00:05:01
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Autor/es:
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Subido por:
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27 de junio de 2023 - 13:15
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