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Thanksgiving SOL Question
Posted by: Turkey ()
Date: November 24, 2010 09:11PM

Thanksgiving Day was established:

(a) by the settlers in Virginia who celebrated the first Thanksgiving in America at Berkeley Plantation on December 4, 1619.

(b) by George Washington in 1789, stating that it is the duty of all nations to acknowledge the providence of Almighty God, to obey His will, to be grateful for His benefits, and humbly implore His protection and favor.

(c) by Pilgrims in Massachusetts who celebrated the first Thanksgiving in America at Plymouth in 1621.

(d) by Spanish explorers who celebrated the first Thanksgiving in America in Florida in 1565.

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Re: Thanksgiving SOL Question
Posted by: WashingTone-Locian ()
Date: November 24, 2010 09:13PM

The real answer is Thanksgiving Day was established in 1863 by Abraham Lincoln.

Before that, it wasn't "established" as a national day of thanks.

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Re: Thanksgiving SOL Question
Posted by: bulldog08 ()
Date: November 24, 2010 09:20PM

Traditionally, the answer is C.

Technically it could be A.

Some might argue that it is D.

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Re: Thanksgiving SOL Question
Posted by: 6X ()
Date: November 24, 2010 09:56PM

It was the Pilgrims & the Indians..not sure where they were at..south from ( C ). They where smokin that peace pipe & eatin some corn, turkey, deer, potatoes.... It was all good like that.

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Re: Thanksgiving SOL Question
Posted by: Joe B. ()
Date: November 24, 2010 10:10PM

Well said 6X...well said.

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Re: Thanksgiving SOL Question
Posted by: Doesn't Matter ()
Date: November 25, 2010 01:22AM

Actually, thanksgiving was known as the "day of thanks" about a century before the traditional story of the puritans and Indians sat down to eat. It was purely religious and in the days leading up to the day of thanks, people fasted. Because the day of thanks fell in the late fall/early winter, the food supply from the years crop was at its highest. On the day of thanks, people would spend all day in church and give thanks to god for whatever they were grateful for. After church, the families would get together and have a huge meal. As the years past and people began to "mellow out", so to speak, it simply became a day to get together with friends and family to give thanks for the good things in your life and eat a ton of food. In no historical account is Turkey ever mentioned.

A better question would be "In what year did thanksgiving become an officially recognized holiday"?

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Re: Thanksgiving SOL Question
Posted by: strates ()
Date: November 25, 2010 01:58AM

Sounds more like an essay question than multiple choice. SOL fail.

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Re: Thanksgiving SOL Question
Posted by: mjcc1987 ()
Date: November 26, 2010 10:51AM

Apparently, you are all wrong. Thanksgiving was estalished by socialists.

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