Fun & Interesting Thanksgiving Facts
Thanksgiving Day is a Holiday rooted in rich history. Here are some very fun and interesting Thanksgiving facts to share during Thanksgiving dinner.
*Thanksgiving Day is celebrated on the fourth Thursday in November in the United States.
*Thanksgiving Day is celebrated on the second Monday in October in Canada.
*The pilgrims arrived in North America in December 1620.
*The Pilgrims sailed across the Atlantic Ocean to reach North America.
*The pilgrims sailed on the ship, which was known by the name of ‘Mayflower’.
*The Wampanoag Indians were the people who taught the Pilgrims how to cultivate the land.
*The drink that the Puritans brought with them in the Mayflower was beer.
*By the fall of 1621 only half of the pilgrims, who had sailed on the Mayflower, survived. The survivors, thankful to be alive, decided to give a thanksgiving feast.
They celebrated the first Thanksgiving Day at Plymouth, Massachusetts.
