Thanksgiving Traditions
True or False
The Pilgrims landed in New York.
False.
The Pilgrims landed in Plymouth, Massachusetts.
The name of the ship the Pilgrims boarded to start their journey to the New World.
What is the Mayflower
This food was notserved at the first Thanksgiving.
What are mashed potatoes?
This President first ordered a national day of Thanksgiving.
Who is George Washington
This NFL football Franchise has the most Thanksgiving games played.
What are the Detroit Lions with 85. 38 wins, 45 losses, 2 ties
The day and month of the year on which we traditionally celebrate Thanksgiving
What is the 4th Thursday of November
This Native tribe joined the Pilgrim in the first Thanksgiving.
Who are the Wampanoag?
This department store is known for their extravagant Thanksgiving parade.
What is Macys?
This President made turkey pardoning an annual event.
Who is George H.W. Bush
Name 1 of 3 active NFL teams that have played on Thanksgiving and never won.
Tampa Bay Buccaneers (0-1)?
Cleveland Browns (0-3)?
Cincinnati Bengals (0-1)?
A race many people run on Thanksgiving morning.
What is a Turkey Trot
This is the reason the Pilgrims chose to leave England.
What is religious persecution
This native is known throughout history for his skill for speaking English, his political negations between the Pilgrims and the Wampanoags, and his guidance to teach the Pilgrims how to teach them how to grow corn, and where and how to fish and hunt beaver.
who is Squanto?
This president was the first to "pardon" a turkey.
who is John F. Kennedy
The only active NFL franchise to have never played on Thanksgiving.
What are the Jacksonville Jaguars?
This many turkeys are consumed every year at Thanksgiving.
What is 46 Million
This is the year of the first Thanksgiving, according to many Americans.
What is 1621
The Founding Father who wanted the wild turkey to be the symbol of the United States of America.
Who was Benjamin Franklin?
This President declared two Thanksgivings in one year.
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.
The natives brought this meat to the first Thanksgiving.
What is deer.
This meat is the most popular alternative to turkey on Thanksgiving.
What is Ham
The first Thanksgiving lasted this many days.
what is 3 days
The loose red skin attached to the underside of a turkey’s beak
What is a wattle?
This president proclaimed Thanksgiving a national holiday.
who is Abraham Lincoln
The conical-shaped basket that is generally filled with fruits and vegetables.
What is a cornucopia?