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Thanksgiving Day Trivia

Where was the first Thanksgiving? Colonists and the Wampanoag tribe shared an autumn harvest feast in 1621 in Plymouth, Massachusetts that is widely acknowledged as one of the first Thanksgiving celebrations. 

What did they eat at the first Thanksgiving? The Wampanoag brought deer and there would have been lots of local seafood (mussels, lobster, bass) plus the fruits of the first pilgrim harvest, including pumpkin.

How long has pumpkin pie been a traditional part of Thanksgiving? Pumpkin pie was a staple on New England Thanksgiving tables as far back as the turn of the 18th century.

When was the first Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade? To celebrate the expansion of its Herald Square superstore, Macy’s announced its very first “Big Christmas Parade” two weeks before Thanksgiving in 1924, promising “magnificent floats,” bands and an “animal circus.”

When was Abraham Lincoln’s Thanksgiving Proclamation? October 3rd 1863, President Abraham Lincoln issued this proclamation: I do therefore invite my fellow citizens in every part of the United States, …to set apart and observe the last Thursday of November next, as a day of Thanksgiving.

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