33+ Us Thanksgiving Day 2021 Pics. It is sometimes called american thanksgiving (outside the united states). It was originally celebrated as a day of giving thanks for the blessing of the harvest and of the preceding year.
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Wikipedia, quoting a book by ann morrill, states that there were thanksgiving observances in the colony that was to become virginia as early as 1607. In 1621, the plymouth colonists and wampanoag indians shared an autumn harvest feast that is acknowledged today as one of the first thanksgiving celebrations in the colonies. Many states also observe the day after thanksgiving as a holiday to create the much anticipated long thanksgiving weekend. Thanksgiving day is celebrated in america in the fourth thursday of every november.