Dates in History
This is the year you celebrated your first Thanksgiving.
(The year you were born.)
There is a strong chance that during the first Thanksgiving the people did not eat this most well-known Thanksgiving food item.
Turkey
This U.S. President made Thanksgiving a holiday in 1863.
Abraham Lincoln
The oldest Thanksgiving Day Parade takes place in this U.S. city.
Philadelphia
Only this kind of turkey gobbles.
Male turkeys (gobblers)
This tart staple of Thanksgiving dinner became available in cans in 1912.
Cranberries
Statistically, this food item is the favorite Thanksgiving side dish for people in the United States.
Stuffing
Under this U.S. President, the "Pardoning of the Turkeys" became an annual tradition in the 1980s.
George H.W. Bush
The first Thanksgiving celebration actually lasted this amount of time.
Three days
Only this kind of turkey cackles.
Female turkeys
The first Thanksgiving took place in this year.
1621
This meat is the most popular alternative to turkey on Thanksgiving.
Ham
This U.S. President declared two Thanksgivings in one year in the early 1800s.
James Madison
This country (other than the U.S.) also celebrates Thanksgiving, but on a different day.
Canada
According to the Guinness Book of World Records, the heaviest turkey on record weighs this much.
86 pounds
The green bean casserole was introduced to Thanksgiving dinner in this year of the 20th century.
1955
People in the U.S. prepare this many turkeys for Thanksgiving each year. (Hint: It's in the millions)
46 million
Under this U.S. President in the 20th century, Thanksgiving was officially declared to be celebrated on the fourth Thursday of November.
Franklin D. Roosevelt
The first Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade did NOT include these giants features.
Balloons
This famous U.S. Founding Father pushed for the turkey to be our country's national symbol. (Hint: "Shocking," right? He wasn't only an inventor!)
Adam Sandler released this hit holiday-related song in 1992.
"The Thanksgiving Song"
People in the U.S. eat about this many pumpkins pies on Thanksgiving. (Hint: It's in the millions)
50 million
This U.S. President refused to celebrate Thanksgiving as a national holiday in the early 1800s.
Thomas Jefferson
These Thanksgiving running races have become famous and popular, and not just for their use of alliteration.
Turkey Trot
Turkeys have about this many feathers.
5,000-6,000