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3) Thanksgiving
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"A simple introduction to Thanksgiving using rebuses"--Provided by publisher.
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"All across the world, among hundreds of cultures, over centuries, people have come together to give thanks. But in America, we didn't have an official Thanksgiving holiday until the 1800s. The holiday Americans know today exists because of a woman named Sarah Josepha Hale, a spirited letter-writing campaign, a sympathetic president, and a civil war."--
10) Thanksgiving Day
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Describes the history of Thanksgiving Day, how it came to be celebrated on the fourth Thursday in November, and the traditions associated with this holiday.
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Contrasts the Thanksgiving holiday with the National Day of Mourning observed by Native Americans. Explores the origins of both days, including the arrival of the Pilgrims, their relationship with the Wampanoag, uncertainty over what really happened during the first Thanksgiving, and their observance today. Includes color and black-and-white photographs, sidebars, text-related questions, a glossary, and additional resources.
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Ahead of the 400th anniversary of the first Thanksgiving, a new look at the Plymouth colony's founding events, told for the first time with Wampanoag people at the heart of the story. In March 1621, when Plymouth's survival was hanging in the balance, the Wampanoag sachem (or chief), Ousamequin (Massasoit), and Plymouth's governor, John Carver, declared their people's friendship for each other and a commitment to mutual defense. Later that autumn,...
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"From the New York Times bestselling author of The Last Castle and The Girls of Atomic City comes the fascinating story of America's national day of thanks and of the tenacious and inspiring Sarah Josepha Hale, a nineteenth-century woman who made establishing this holiday her life's mission-one brought to fruition by the wise support of Abraham Lincoln"--
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