The holiday on Thanksgiving in the US is usually celebrated on the fourth or last Thursday in November. Thanksgiving is also the end of the harvesting season. The forth forth thursday is also an annual Federal holiday to express thanks for one’s material and spiritual possessions. Most everyone will celebrate thanksgiving by gathering at home with their family or friends for a holiday feast. How do you celebrate?????

The first known recorded ceremony of Thanksgiving took place around September 8, 1565 when 600 Spanish settlers under the leadership of Menéndez de Avilés landed in the area that is now St. Augustine, Florida and they held a gathering of Thanksgiving for their safe delivery to the New World.

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