This young Readers adaptation of the New York Times bestselling We Gather Together shares the true story of how Thanksgving became a national holiday and the way gratitude is looked at in America Fiction: Thanksgiving is an American holiday that began when the Pilgrims landed on Plymouth Rock and met the Indigenous tribes already living there.
This young Readers adaptation of Kiernan\'s We Gather Together should be required reading in every school in America today..
Denise Kiernan debunks myths, provides facts, and explains how and why Thanksgiving evolved in the United States the way it did--and what gratitude means to society.
There is much fiction surrounding the creation of Thanksgiving in America.
Fact: Sarah Josepha Hale, a magazine editor and author, petitioned five presidents until she convinced Abraham Lincoln to declare a national day of Thanksgiving in November of 1863, starting an annual tradition continuing to this day.
Fiction: George Washington is the person who decided we should celebrate Thanksgiving as a nation at the same time each year.
Roosevelt in 1941.
Fact: Thanksgiving\'s day, date, and even its existence was at the discretion of the president and other leaders until the date was officially established by Congress and signed into law by Franklin D.
Fiction: American Thanksgiving was always on the fourth Thursday in November.
Fact: Thanksgiving celebrations existed before the United States of America and were celebrated in other countries as well.
This young Readers adaptation of the New York Times bestselling We Gather Together shares the true story of how Thanksgving became a national holiday and the way gratitude is looked at in America Fiction: Thanksgiving is an American holiday that began when the Pilgrims landed on Plymouth Rock and met the Indigenous tribes already living there
