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Saturday, November 20, 2010

Thanksgiving facts

Facts
1.Thanksgiving Day is celebrated on the fourth Thursday in November in the United States.
2.By the fall of 1621 only half of the pilgrims, who had sailed on the Mayflower, survived. The survivors, thankful to be alive, decided to give a thanksgiving feast.
3.Thanksgiving Day is celebrated on the second Monday in October in Canada.
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11.The Wampanoag Indians were the people who taught the Pilgrims how to cultivate the land.
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