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Here are some cute Thanksgiving poems!

Karen

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Thanksgiving Time 

Thanksgiving is a time we

Gather together to give thanks with friends and family.

Pies are baked and potatoes peeled,

And Mr. Turkey is found in the field.

We all give thanks for this great land,

And remember the first pilgrims who were helped by the Indians.

Thanksgiving’s Start 

When the pilgrims came to this new land,

They met the natives and shook their hands.

They had a feast with turkey and corn,

And that was when Thanksgiving was born!

Do you have some more to share with us? Post them here!

THANKSGIVING TRIVIA
We all know that the Pilgrims landed at Plymouth Rock, got together with the Indians, and gave thanks. But, how much MORE do you know about Thanksgiving?

Questions
1. When was the first NATIONAL Thanksgiving Day celebrated, and who proclaimed it?
2. Which President made Thanksgiving an annual holiday?
3. In what year was the first Thanksgiving that included feasting?
4. Who was Tisquantum?
5. What was the first tribe of Indians who joined the Pilgrims at the first Thanksgiving?
6. Corn Meal and Maple Syrup makes what Thanksgiving dish?
7. Who are the Honorary President, and Vice President of the National Thanksgiving Commission?
8. What is an ibimi?
9. When did Canada get a separately declared holiday for Thanksgiving?
10. Who kept bugging Lincoln about establishing Thanksgiving as a National Holiday?

Answers:
1)George Washington proclaimed it October 3, 1789.
2)Abraham Lincoln 1621
3)Better known as Squanto, he was the Indian that taught the Pilgrims how to survive in the New World
4)The Wampanoags Indian
5)Pudding
6)Gerald Ford and Lady Bird Johnson
7)An Indian word meaning “bitter-berry”:The cranberry
8)January 31, 1957
9)Sarah Josepha Hale

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