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With tomorrow being Thanksgiving Day a few thoughts to remind each of us how this day came about—a day to celebrate the harvest of Autumn was set aside thousands of years ago as people gave thanks for their plentiful growing season.
Autumn harvest celebrations have continued down through the years and many cultures have set aside special days of giving thanks. The Pilgrims “Thanksgiving” back in 1621 was their harvest celebration and here in our beloved country today it is call “Thanksgiving Day” and is a national holiday and is observed the fourth Thursday in November each year.
In early days wild fowls were a part of the harvest festival, but it is also possible that the Pilgrims had turkeys on their table, just as we all do today. The early colonists called “a day of thanksgiving” a religious holiday set aside for giving thanks to God.
President Abraham Lincoln declared the last Thursday in November as Thanksgiving Day, back in 1863. In 1941 President Franklin Roosevelt declared Thanksgiving Day a national holiday.
When we think of it, the first Thanksgiving was quite different from how we celebrate today, so however the day is celebrated we wish for each and everyone, a safe and Happy Thanksgiving Day holiday.
Heartfelt sympathy is extended to Mr. and Mrs. Thomas De Shazo of Fairfax upon the loss of Mrs. Shazo’s brother, Adolphus W. Hawkins, who passed away last Tuesday, Nov. 19 in Richmond. The Shazos own farm property here in Boston
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