In the United States and Canada, Thanksgiving is celebrated on different dates. On American soil it is celebrated on the fourth Thursday of November and on Canadian territory, the second Monday in October. Its importance has transcended to other countries, however very few know the origin of this celebration.
The tradition in the United States emerged in 1621 when a group of settlers from Plymouth, present-day Massachusetts, shared a meal with the Wampanoag Indians to celebrate the autumn harvest and to thank them for teaching cultivation and hunting techniques.
The men went hunting, to get meat for dinner, it is not known for sure if the turkeys of the region were part of the dinner, since they used the term “Turkey” for any kind of wild bird.
Another kind of food that we almost always have for Thanksgiving is the pumpkin pie, but there are very few possibilities that this food was part of the menu of the first celebration because the flour reserves had been used, so there was bread made with corn. There was enough pumpkins, because they grew in the field, but ate them cooked.
This first Thanksgiving of the story lasted three days, and would be one of the examples of harmony between European settlers and Native Americans, acording to history.
It is typical to find the picture of the family gathered around a huge turkey and a table full of appetizing meats to carry out this celebration.
Thanksgiving was officially proclaimed by President Lincoln in 1863, to be celebrated on the last Thursday of November until President Roosevelt changed it in 1941 to the fourth Thursday of the same month.
Please join us to celebrate with our special Thanksgiving menu, November 28 from 12:30 p.m. to 9:00 p.m.
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