VFK Thanksgiving Day Mini-Quest

November 25, 2010
 November 27, 2010	
==Description==
Happy Thanksgiving Day! George Washington proclaimed November 26th as "A Day of Publick Thanksgiving and Prayer," in 1789. This famous Thanksgiving Proclamation assigned the day "to be devoted by the people of these States to the service of that great and glorious Being who is the beneficent author of all the good that was, that is, or that will be." And that it was "to be observed by acknowledging with grateful hearts the many and signal favors of Almighty God." On today's quest, we will look at our cherished American tradition of Thanksgiving Day!<BR><BR>
Your reward for completing this quest will be 1,000 credits, and a Thanksgiving Day 2010 Pin!<BR><BR><BR>
===Prizes===
===Questions===
1. Our special Thanksgiving Day marks the commemoration of the first harvest of the Pilgrims of the Plymouth Plantation. On this day we gather together with family and friends for a large feast. This day commemorates the celebration feast in the fall of 1621. What type of meat was probably NOT at the Pilgrims' Thanksgiving feast?<BR>
*Fish
*Fowl
*Vension
*Beef<BR><BR>
2. The Pilgrims had landed at Plymouth Rock on December 11, 1620 and that first winter spent in the New World was devastating. By the following Autumn, nearly half of the original passengers who sailed on the Mayflower had perished. The bountiful harvest of 1621 was great reason to rejoice and give thanks. Go to Audubon's Dark Forest in Western Age and say: "Gratitude is the sign of noble souls!"<BR><BR>
3. The Pilgrims had built homes in the wilderness, they had raised crops sufficient to keep them alive during the long coming winter, and they were living peacefully with their Indian neighbors. At this first feast, there was fruit, corn, vegetables, fish packed in salt, and meat smoke cured over fires. What was the name of their Governor who proclaimed the day of thanksgiving?<BR>
*Edward Rawson
*John Smith
*William Bradford
*George Washington<BR><BR>
4. The tradition of an annual Thanksgiving feast after the harvest, continued on through the years. In the late 1770's, during the American Revolution, the Continental Congress suggested that a day of national thanksgiving be observed. President Lincoln, in 1863, proclaimed a national day of Thanksgiving on the last Thursday in November. Go to the Victorian Park in Victorian Age and say: "Happy Thanksgiving Day!<BR><BR><BR>
===Answers===
1. Beef
2. Go to Audubon's Dark Forest in Western Age and say: "Gratitude is the sign of noble souls!"
3. William Bradford
4. Go to the Victorian Park in Victorian Age and say: "Happy Thanksgiving Day!"
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