Thanksgiving Day :

Thanksgiving Day is observed every year on the fourth thursday of November as a day for giving thanks for the blessing of harvest for the previous year. In the United States Families and Friends get together on the Thanksgiving day for a special meal which generally includes Turkey.

Thanksgiving Day History :

Most accounts trace thanksgiving back to the celbration held by the pilgrims in Plymouth , Massachusetts in 1621.

President of the United States , George Washington declared the first nationwide thanksgiving celebration on November 26 1789. In modern times the President of the United States pardons a turkey and thus spares the bird from being slaughtered.