Thanking the Lord for His Bounty this Thanksgiving

Thanksgiving – a Thursday in November when people exchange gifts with their near and dear and thank them for their love and affection. While families across America celebrate the holiday, many are not aware of its origins. It all began with the Mayflower pilgrims who settled at the Plymouth Plantation in 1621. These pilgrims joined the Native Americans in celebrating a good harvest and thanking the Lord for the bountiful crop, which was the source of their survival. The festival became a Federal holiday when Abraham Lincoln declared it would be an occasion of “Thanksgiving and Praise to our beneficent Father who dwelleth in the Heavens” in 1863. The holiday was to be celebrated on the last Thursday of November, becoming intertwined with the broader Christmas season.

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