[Nfbf-l] Thanksgiving trivia

[Kirk]

Mark, many of us think of him as their favorite President. He was a very 
wise man! However, I think what makes many in History great are the 
circumstancess   in which they are surrounded with during their moment in 
time! KH


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From: "Mark Tardif" <markspark at bellsouth.net>
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And it's interesting that President Lincoln, in spite of his having an
incredible burden that I can't imagine anyone carrying without cracking
placed on his shoulders, still had faith and, if anything, grew morally
stronger during the Civil War.  He was still able to express faith in God
and express thanks in spite of all of this.  Those are some of the reasons I
think of him as my favorite president.

Mark Tardif
Welcome to my planet
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I thought about that very thing! Maybe President Lincoln realized that even
with all the problems, our country still had a lot to be thankful for.
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From: "Mark Tardif" <markspark at bellsouth.net>
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It's interesting that the first Thanksgiving proclamation was written during
a time of the bloodiest war this nation had seen up to that time, a war
which tested the very fabric and political values of the country and which
resulted in something like 625,000 casualties.  I'm not sure what that says,
but it's interesting.

Mark Tardif
Welcome to my planet
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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.

                             ***

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.

                             ***

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.

                             ***

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.

                             ***

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


Sherri Brun, NFBF Secretary and Newsline® Coordinator
E-mail: flmom2006 at gmail.com
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