Thanksgiving Day in America is a time to offer thanks, of family gatherings and holiday meals. A time of turkeys, stuffing, and pumpkin pie. A time for Indian corn, holiday parades and giant balloons
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Thanksgiving is celebrated on the 4th Thursday of November, which this year (2004) is November 25th.
Thanksgiving Day: Fourth Thursday in November
Almost every culture in the world has held celebrations of thanks for a plentiful harvest. The American Thanksgiving holiday began as a feast of thanksgiving in the early days of the American colonies almost four hundred years ago.
In 1620, a boat filled with more than one hundred people sailed across the Atlantic Ocean to settle in the New World(新大陸). This religious group had begun to question the beliefs of the Church of England and they wanted to separate from it. The Pilgrims settled in what is now the state of Massachusetts. Their first winter in the New World was difficult. They had arrived too late to grow many crops, and without fresh food, half the colony died from disease. The following spring the Iroquois Indians(美國紐約州東北部易洛魁族印第安人)taught them how to grow corn, a new food for the colonists. They showed them other crops to grow in the unfamiliar soil and how to hunt and fish.
In the autumn of 1621, bountiful crops of corn, barley(大麥), beans and pumpkins were harvested. The colonists had much to be thankful for, so a feast was planned. They invited the local Indian chief and 90 Indians. The Indians brought deer to roast with the turkeys and other wild game offered by the colonists. The colonists had learned how to cook cranberries and different kinds of corn and squash dishes from the Indians. To this first Thanksgiving, the Indians had even brought popcorn.
In following years, many of the original colonists celebrated the autumn harvest with a feast of thanks.
After the United States became an independent country, Congress recommended one yearly day of thanksgiving for the whole nation to celebrate. George Washington suggested the date November 26 as Thanksgiving Day. Then in 1863, at the end of a long and bloody civil war, Abraham Lincoln asked all Americans to set aside the last Thursday in November as a day of thanksgiving.
Thanksgiving falls on the fourth Thursday of November, a different date every year. The President must proclaim that date as the official celebration.
Thanksgiving is a time for tradition and sharing. Even if they live far away, family members gather for a reunion at the house of an older relative. All give thanks together for the good things that they have.
In this spirit of sharing, civic groups and charitable organizations offer a traditional meal to those in need, particularly the homeless. On most tables throughout the United States, foods eaten at the first thanksgiving have become traditional.
感恩節(jié)在美國的第一個(gè)遵守完全是宗教性和參與任何形式的燈紅酒綠。1619年12月4日，一組38英國移民來到伯克利分校的詹姆斯河種植...弗吉尼亞州查爾斯市，作為對(duì)上帝的感恩節(jié)觀察一天的到來。
在新英格蘭地區(qū)的第一個(gè)感恩節(jié)的慶�；顒�(dòng)在1621年，一點(diǎn)點(diǎn)不到一年后，普利茅斯殖民者曾在美國定居。作為朝圣者之稱，他們已成立了一個(gè)叫五月花號(hào)船，1620年9月6日，英國普利茅斯起航。他們是財(cái)富獵人，足智多謀的“新世界”的約束。五月花是男人，婦女和兒童擁擠的小型船舶，除了船上的水手。機(jī)上乘客包括“分裂主義”，他稱自己為“圣人”，和其他人的分裂分子所謂的“陌生人”。
土地后在11月發(fā)現(xiàn)以下一個(gè)致命的航行66天，舉行了一次會(huì)議，是圣徒和陌生人之間的停戰(zhàn)協(xié)定。它被稱為“五月花號(hào)公約。該協(xié)議保證兩組的成員之間的平等。他們合并在一起，作為公認(rèn)的“朝圣者”。他們當(dāng)選為他們的第一個(gè)州長(zhǎng)約翰卡弗。
然而，流行的觀點(diǎn)相反，洛克是不是原殖民地的網(wǎng)站。當(dāng)朝圣者1620年12月11日，降落在尋找新鮮的規(guī)定，他們打招呼的敵意在附近的當(dāng)?shù)厝�，幾乎一次出海。一點(diǎn)點(diǎn)再往南，他們遇到的科德角，一個(gè)更加有利的錨地比普利茅斯已被證明是一個(gè)外來人口，這是在性質(zhì)上更加親切。從他們的航程和厭倦沒有心情追捕其“憲章”(這是相當(dāng)進(jìn)一步沿海岸的某處在弗吉尼亞州的普利茅斯公司原授予的限制)規(guī)定的站點(diǎn)，香客決定建立自己的殖民地內(nèi)這種友好的領(lǐng)土。
馬薩諸塞州，最初的嚴(yán)酷的冬季，殺害了約一半原來的102殖民者。在1621以下的春天，印度人，兩個(gè)勇敢的命名Samoset(Wampanoag部落)和Squanto(Patuxtet部落)領(lǐng)導(dǎo)，教授的幸存者如何種植玉米(當(dāng)?shù)厝朔Q為“玉米”)，以及如何捕捉為了alewives(各種鯡魚家族的)魚可能被用來作為一個(gè)化肥增長(zhǎng)南瓜，豆類等作物。Samsoset和Squanto還指示在狩獵和垂釣的藝術(shù)朝圣者。那年夏天，盡管豌豆，小麥和大麥歉收，一個(gè)良好的玉米產(chǎn)量預(yù)計(jì)和南瓜收成豐碩。在初秋，承認(rèn)給予幫助印第安人的殖民者給有survivied感謝，州長(zhǎng)威廉布拉德福德安排了一個(gè)豐收的節(jié)日。四名男子被送往“打鳥”后，鴨，鵝。土耳其可能會(huì)或可能不會(huì)一直因?yàn)?ldquo;土耳其”是由朝圣者用來指任何類型的野生禽鳥即將到來的一餐的一部分。
藝術(shù)節(jié)歷時(shí)3天。Massasoit，當(dāng)?shù)氐腟ACHEM或行政的Wampanoag連同90印第安人各部落的東部林地，參加了儀式�？梢院翢o疑問，最有可能由土著人口提供了大多數(shù)的盛宴。可以肯定的是，他們提供的鹿肉。餐的其余部分，圍繞吃大型表的戶外，也可能包括魚，漿果，煮南瓜，水芹，韭菜，龍蝦，干果，蛤，野生李子和面包。相信這首新英格蘭感恩節(jié)的慶祝活動(dòng)是9月21日和11月9日之間的某個(gè)時(shí)候發(fā)生了。
然而，事件是一次性的慶�；顒�(dòng)。，這不是重復(fù)次年，也不是它打算成為一年一度的節(jié)日。但直到55年后比另一個(gè)感恩節(jié)正式宣布時(shí)，理事會(huì)，美國馬薩諸塞州的查爾斯頓，1676年6月20日召開的權(quán)衡如何以最佳方式表達(dá)感謝已獲得他們的社區(qū)建立良好的財(cái)富。經(jīng)投票一致，愛德華羅森(理事會(huì)秘書)奉命到6月29日公布的感恩節(jié)。再次，這被證明是唯一一個(gè)一次性事件。
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