{"id":4986,"date":"2019-11-21T14:46:10","date_gmt":"2019-11-21T19:46:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/?p=4986"},"modified":"2019-11-21T14:46:40","modified_gmt":"2019-11-21T19:46:40","slug":"nation-celebrates-its-399th-annual-feast","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/2019\/11\/21\/nation-celebrates-its-399th-annual-feast\/","title":{"rendered":"Nation Celebrates Its 399th Annual Feast"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In the fall of 1621, the Pilgrims \u2014 early settlers of\nPlymouth Colony \u2014 held a three-day feast to celebrate a bountiful harvest. Many\nregard this event as the nation\u2019s first Thanksgiving.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"960\" height=\"640\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/thanksgiving-dinner-dishes-836012728-5bdda2e6c9e77c00262539e0.jpg?resize=960%2C640&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4987\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/thanksgiving-dinner-dishes-836012728-5bdda2e6c9e77c00262539e0.jpg?w=960&amp;ssl=1 960w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/thanksgiving-dinner-dishes-836012728-5bdda2e6c9e77c00262539e0.jpg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/thanksgiving-dinner-dishes-836012728-5bdda2e6c9e77c00262539e0.jpg?resize=768%2C512&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Wampanoag Indians in attendance played a key role but\nhistorians have recorded harvest ceremonies of thanks among other groups of\nEuropean settlers in North America, including the British colonists in Virginia\nas early as 1619.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The legacy of thanks\nand the feast have survived centuries since the event became a national holiday\non Oct. 3, 1863, when President Abraham Lincoln proclaimed the last Thursday of\nNovember as a national day of thanksgiving.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Decades later, President Franklin Roosevelt officially\ndeclared that Thanksgiving should always be celebrated on the fourth Thursday\nof the month to encourage earlier holiday shopping.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Fun Facts<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">There are several places in the United States that have the\nsame names as&nbsp;either the holiday\u2019s traditional feast or the early\ncolonists\u2019 arrival to the New World.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Seven share the name of\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/factfinder.census.gov\/bkmk\/table\/1.0\/en\/ACS\/17_5YR\/S0101\/0600000US0513793651%7c0600000US2011371700%7c0600000US4613564460%7c1600000US0477415%7c1600000US2276685%7c1600000US3768740%7c1600000US4873964\">the centerpiece of most Thanksgiving meals<\/a>\u00a0\u2014 the turkey \u2014 and have tiny populations:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Turkey city, Texas, (pop. 339)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Turkey Creek Census Designated Place (CDP), Ariz., (489)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Turkey Creek township, Stone County, Ark., (316)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Turkey Creek township, McPherson County, Kan., (343)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Turkey Creek village, La., (424)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Turkey town, N.C., (242)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Turkey Valley township, Yankton County, S.D., (167)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Five places are\u00a0named after the popular Thanksgiving side dish of cranberries:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Cranberry Lake CDP, N.Y., (157)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Cranberry township, Alleghany County, N.C., (155)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Cranberry township, Avery County, N.C., (534)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Cranberry township, Butler County, Pa., (30,132)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Cranberry township, Venango County, Pa., (6,465)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Three are\u00a0named after the Mayflower, the English ship that brought the first Pilgrims to the New World:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Mayflower Census County Division (CCD), Pike County, Ky.,\n(3,191)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Mayflower, city, Ark., &nbsp;(2,218)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Mayflower Village CDP, Calif., (5,828)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Two counties have\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/factfinder.census.gov\/bkmk\/table\/1.0\/en\/ACS\/17_5YR\/S0101\/0500000US19149%7C0500000US25023\">Plymouth in their names<\/a>\u00a0as in Plymouth Rock, the landing site of the first Pilgrims:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Plymouth County, Iowa, (25,027)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Plymouth County, Mass., (509,114)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Two places are\u00a0named Pilgrim:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Pilgrim CDP, Mich., (52)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Pilgrim township, Dade County, Mo., (79)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In the fall of 1621, the Pilgrims \u2014 early 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