Why do Americans celebrate Thanksgiving?

For many Americans, Thanksgiving celebrates an important symbolic meaning associated with the founding legend, which is also an opportunity to gather and gather with families.

Thanksgiving has an English name for Thanksgiving and is often associated with images of turkeys turning in the minds of many people. This holiday is celebrated annually mainly in the United States and Canada, which is an occasion for North American people to reunite and reunite and spend time with family.

When was the first Thanksgiving held?

The first American Thanksgiving was held in November 1621 in Plymouth, Massachusetts, to show gratitude to the Indians and to celebrate the first season in the new land.

The first Thanksgiving day is sketched through a picture of an anonymous painter.(Photo: Independent).

It began when a group of pilgrims traveled from Europe to the United States on the Mayflower in November 1620. They landed in New England's Plymouth just as the winter season was extremely harsh. Along with that, the lack of life and epidemics killed 46 people out of 102 of the group.

Fortunately, they met people of good Indians, provided food and taught them to grow corn and hunt for wild animals. In November 1621, the immigrants invited Indians to celebrate the Thanksgiving God blessing the successful harvest, helping them survive and grow.

How often is Thanksgiving in America?

Although Thanksgiving has a long history, Thanksgiving has just begun to become an important national holiday in the United States since the 19th century. Before that, the first US president, George Washington, announced a national Thanksgiving ceremony. on November 26, 1789, but this form was not maintained because then each region or state organized itself.

Abraham Lincoln was the first president to declare Thanksgiving to America's annual holiday. Thanksgiving began to be held on Thursday in the fourth week of November from 1941 under President Franklin D. Roosevelt. So this day may not be the last Thursday of November as many people mistakenly think (for example, 2012 is 5 days on Thursday).

The annual Macy's Thanksgiving Parade is organized by Macy's retail store chain in New York City (USA).(Photo: Reuters).

The meaning of Thanksgiving to Americans?

For many Americans, Thanksgiving has an important symbolic meaning associated with the founding legend. Pilgrims on the Mayflower in 1960 were the first to arrive at the New World, surviving and building up the first Massachusetts colony.

The earlier migration efforts of the British failed. But this holiday reminds Native Americans of the injustice they have suffered the following year.

However, this is also an opportunity for the people of this country to gather, gather together with their families, enjoy a cozy meal together and send each other thanks. Therefore, Thanksgiving is also considered a family holiday.