Important People
Wanted our national bird to be a turkey instead of an eagle
Who is Benjamin Franklin?
The sound that a turkey makes
Gobble Gobble
46 millions of Americans eat this on Thanksgiving
What is turkey?
Name of the ship that came to America in 1620
What is the Mayflower?
This parade is celebrated on Thanksgiving Day
What is the Macy's Day Parade?
Proclaimed first that Thanksgiving is a national holiday in 1789
Who is George Washington?
What a female turkey is called
What is a hen?
This utensil was not on a Pilgrim's table at dinner
What is a fork?
This person helped the first English settlers to grow corn
Who is Squanto?
The holiday that is the day after Thanksgiving
What is Black Friday?
Declared Thanksgiving is on the last Thursday of November
Who is Abraham Lincoln?
What a male turkey is called
What is a Tom?
This state eats the most turkey on Thanksgiving
What is California?
This tribe heard gunshots and were afraid that the English settlers were preparing for war
Who is the Wampanoag tribe?
Two football teams that play every Thanksgiving Day
Who are the Detroit Lions and the Dallas Cowboys?
Declared Thanksgiving as an official federal holiday and moved it to the 4th Thursday of November
Who is Franklin Roosevelt (FDR)?
Name of the skin that hangs from a male turkey's neck
What is the wattle?
This soup company created Green Bean Casserole
Who is Campbell's Soup?
The reason the colonists were thankful
What is a drought?
The date of Thanksgiving this year
When is November 26th, 2020?
First president to officially pardon a turkey
Who is George W. Bush?
Turkeys sleep in these at night
What are trees?
This was how many days the first Thanksgiving Feast lasted
What is 3 days?
Wrote the song, "Mary had a little lamb" and convinced Abraham Lincoln to make Thanksgiving a National Holiday.
Who is Sarah Josepha Hale?
The month Canada celebrates Thanksgiving
When is October?