Presidential
Thanksgiving
Thanksgiving
This president first ordered a national day of Thanksgiving.
Who is George Washington?
A tradition where people would break this specific part of a turkey, which was meant to promote patience and spending time with family.
What is the wishbone?
This is the year the first NFL Thanksgiving Day game took place.
What is 1920?
The Pilgrims sailed across the Atlantic Ocean on this ship.
What is the Mayflower?
This is the traditional color of Thanksgiving.
What is orange?
This president made turkey pardoning an annual event.
Who is George H.W. Bush?
A race many people run on Thanksgiving morning.
What is a Turkey Trot?
This NFL team holds the record for the most wins on Thanksgiving Day.
Who are the Dallas Cowboys?
This was the name of the first permanent European settlement where the first Thanksgiving took place.
What is Plymouth Colony?
This is the most common food eaten on Thanksgiving.
What is turkey?
This president declared two Thanksgivings in one year.
Who is Franklin D. Roosevelt?
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Concerned that the shortened Christmas shopping season might dampen the economic recovery, President Franklin D. Roosevelt issued a Presidential Proclamation moving Thanksgiving to the second to last Thursday of November. As a result of the proclamation, 32 states issued similar proclamations while 16 states refused to accept the change and proclaimed Thanksgiving to be the last Thursday in November. For two years two days were celebrated as Thanksgiving - the President and part of the nation celebrated it on the second to last Thursday in November, while the rest of the country celebrated it the following week.
To end the confusion, Congress decided to set a fixed-date for the holiday. On October 6, 1941, the House passed a joint resolution declaring the last Thursday in November to be the legal Thanksgiving Day. The Senate, however, amended the resolution establishing the holiday as the fourth Thursday, which would take into account those years when November has five Thursdays. The House agreed to the amendment, and President Roosevelt signed the resolution on December 26, 1941, thus establishing the fourth Thursday in November as the Federal Thanksgiving Day holiday.
This parade started in 1924 when employees wanted to celebrate Thanksgiving with a festival similar to those they experienced in Europe.
What is the Macy's Day Parade.
This athlete holds the record for the most points scored in a single Thanksgiving Day game.
Who is Terry Bradshaw?
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Bradshaw played for the Pittsburgh Steelers, scoring 59 points against the Dallas Cowboys on Thanksgiving Day in 1976.
The first Thanksgiving lasted for this many days.
What is three days?
This dessert is commonly associated with Thanksgiving.
What is pumpkin pie?
Which president refused to celebrate Thanksgiving as a national Holiday?
Who is Thomas Jefferson?
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He declined to make a proclamation in 1801. For Jefferson, supporting the holiday meant supporting state-sponsored religion since Thanksgiving is rooted in Puritan religious traditions.
This many turkeys are consumed every year at Thanksgiving.
What is 46 million?
This NFL quarterback holds the Thanksgiving Day record for the most passing yards in a single game.
Who is Matthew Stafford?
-----------------------------------------------------Stafford played for the Detroit Lions when he passed for 520 yards against the Dallas Cowboys in 2013.
The first Thanksgiving occuring during this year.
What is 1621?
Thanksgiving is celebrated during which month?
What is Novemeber?
This president proclaimed Thanksgiving a national holiday.
Who is Abraham Lincoln?
The tradition of playing American football games on Thanksgiving Day began in 1876 when these two college football teams started playing each other annually.
Who is Yale and Princeton?
These two teams played in the Thanksgiving Day game in 1998 that is known as the "Thanksgiving Miracle" comeback.
Who are the Dallas Cowboys and the Miami Dolphins?
The Pilgrims sat down to their first Thanksgiving with this Native American tribe.
Who are the Wampanoag?
This group of people is known for celebrating the first Thanksgiving.
Who are the Prilgrims?