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Thanksgiving - US Census Bureau
It’s Thanksgiving time and the US Census Bureau is ready with the latest Facts for Features: Thanksgiving Day. The Bureau explains:
In the fall of 1621, the religious separatist Pilgrims held a three-day feast to celebrate a bountiful harvest, an event many regard as the nation’s first Thanksgiving. It eventually became a national holiday in 1863 when President Abraham Lincoln proclaimed the last Thursday of November as a national day of thanksgiving. Later, President Franklin Roosevelt clarified that Thanksgiving should always be celebrated on the fourth Thursday of the month to encourage earlier holiday shopping, never on the occasional fifth Thursday.
Some of the facts include:
— 271 million - # (estimated) of turkeys raised in the United States in 2008
— 689 million pounds - forecast for U.S. cranberry production in 2008
— $9.2 million - value of US imports of live turkeys from January through July of 2008
— 116 million - # of households across the nation
For more, go read the rest: Facts for Features: Thanksgiving Day.
And Happy Thanksgiving everyone.
— michael | November 26, 2008 12:44 PM | I found it online
