[Nfbf-l] Thanksgiving trivia

[Sherri]

I want to wish everyone on the list a very joyous and happy Thanksgiving. Here's some Thanksgiving trivia.

                        RANDOM TIDBITS

The first American Thanksgiving was celebrated in 1621, to 
commemorate the harvest reaped by the Plymouth Colony after 
a harsh winter. In that year Governor William Bradford 
proclaimed a day of thanksgiving. The colonists celebrated 
it as a traditional English harvest feast, to which they 
invited the local Wampanoag Indians.

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During the mid-1800s, poet and editor Sarah J. Hale began 
lobbying for a national Thanksgiving holiday. In 1863 
President Abraham Lincoln gave his Thanksgiving Proclamation, 
declaring the last Thursday in November a day of thanksgiving.

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At one time, the turkey and the bald eagle were each 
considered as the national symbol of America. Benjamin 
Franklin was one of those who argued passionately on behalf 
of the turkey. Franklin felt the turkey, although "vain and 
silly", was a better choice than the bald eagle, whom he 
felt was "a coward".

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                        VIDEO CLIP

Runaway Turkey - Bizarre News

Turkey is found going for a jog on the tollway!

http://www.evtv1.com/player.aspx?itemnum=5738

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According to the U.S. Department of Agriculture, more than 
45 million turkeys are cooked and eaten in the U.S. at 
Thanksgiving-that's one sixth of all turkeys sold in the 
U.S. each year.

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The cranberry got its name because the pale pink blossoms 
on the plant resembled a crane's head and neck. The name 
craneberry stuck, eventually becoming cranberry.

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The average age of the Mayflower passenger was 32. The 
oldest Mayflower passenger was 64.


Sherri Brun, NFBF Secretary and Newsline® Coordinator
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