The United States celebrated Thanksgiving on Thursday. Traditionally American families gather for the Thanksgiving feast of Turkey, with all the trimmings. Another tradition is Macy's Thanksgiving parade in New York, now in its 73rd year. They observe Thanksgiving in November, according to a law passed by President Abraham Lincoln in 1863.From the president, to U.S. soldiers overseas, to the homeless, millions of Americans shared a Thanksgiving Day tradition when they sat down for a turkey dinner.
Thanksgiving is the expression of gratitude and the giving of thanks.
Being thankful is a feeling and a showing of gratitude. To praise means to verbally express your admiration, to honor and to glorify with song. Thanksgiving Day, legal holiday in the U.S., first celebrated in early colonial times in New England. The actual origin, however, is probably the festivals that are traditional in many parts of the world Festivals and Feasts. After the first harvest was completed by the Plymouth colonists in 1621, Governor William Bradford proclaimed a day of thanksgiving and prayer, shared by all the colonists and neighboring Native Americans.