American Thanksgiving
Fourth Thursday celebration
American Thanksgiving is the annual U.S. holiday on the fourth Thursday of November, centered on a large meal with family—traditionally featuring turkey, stuffing, cranberry sauce, and pumpkin pie.
The holiday commemorates an early colonial harvest feast, though its mythology glosses over subsequent treatment of Native Americans.
We're hosting Thanksgiving this year.
The day before is among the busiest travel days of the year, and the day after, Black Friday, marks the start of holiday shopping season.
- PilgrimsPlymouth's founding English colonists
- Plymouth RockFabled Pilgrim arrival site
- turkeyWattled North American fowl
- Mayflower1620 colonial transport vessel
- WampanoagAlgonquian-speaking northeastern tribe
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