- The first Thanksgiving feast was held to thank the Lord for sparing the lives of the survivors of the Mayflower, who landed at Plymouth Rock on December 11, 1620. The survivors included four adult women and almost forty percent children.
- The Wampanoag chief Massasoit and ninety of his tribesmen were also invited to the first thanksgiving feast. Governor William Bradford invited them for helping the Pilgrims surviving and teaching them the skills of cultivating the land.
- The celebration in 1621 lasted for three days and included games and food.
- The president to proclaim the first 'National Day of Thanksgiving' in 1789 was George Washington.
- Sarah Joseph Hale, a magazine editor, campaigned to make Thanksgiving a National Holiday in 1827 and succeeded.
- Abraham Lincoln announced Thanksgiving to be national holiday in his proclamation on October 3, 1863.
- The 'wishbone' of the turkey is used in a good luck ritual on Thanksgiving Day.
- Puritans of Mayflower used to drink Beer.
The given Thanksgiving Amazing Facts are taken from (Source): The U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Agricultural Statistics Service, U.S. import and export trade reports, Census 2000 and the Statistical Abstract of the United States.
- There are 20 places in the United States named Plymouth, as in "Plymouth Rock," legendary location of the first Thanksgiving. Plymouth, Minnesota is the most populous, with 65,894 residents in 2000.
- There are 8 places and townships in the U.S. of A. that are named "Cranberry" or some variation of the name (e.g., Cranbury, New Jersey)
- 831 million pounds is the total U.S. pumpkin production in 2001. Illinois, with a production of 319 million pounds, led the country. There also were big pumpkin patches in California (with a production of 162 million lbs.), New York (134 million), Pennsylvania (99 million), Ohio (59 million) and Michigan (58 million).
- $12.0 million is the value of U.S. imports of live turkeys between January and August 2002 -- all from Canada. Our northern neighbors also accounted for all ($790,000) of the cranberries the United States imported.
- 1.4 billion pounds is the weight of sweet potatoes produced in the United States in 2001. North Carolina (558 million pounds) produced more than any other state. It was followed by Louisiana (319 million), California (235 million) and Mississippi (224 million).
- 44.5 million is the number of turkeys North Carolina expects to raise in 2002. Another state -- Minnesota -- has a nearly identical total (44.0 million birds), making the Tar Heel and Gopher states the top two in turkey production.
- 572 million pounds is the forecast weight of cranberry production in the United States in 2002, up 7 percent from 2001. Wisconsin leads all states in the production of cranberries, with 291 million pounds, followed by Massachusetts (178 million), Oregon (46 million), New Jersey (41 million) and Washington (17 million).
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