I hope you had a great weekend!
Considering this is Thanksgiving week, I thought we would have some fun with Thanksgiving trivia…
1) Did you know the first Thanksgiving lasted 3 days? It was celebrated much earlier than our current celebration, possibly in late September.
There were about 50 European settlers and around 90 native Americans who attended the 3-day feast.
2) Which president was the first to give a turkey a presidential pardon? …Ronald Reagan
John F. Kennedy was the first president on record for unofficially sparing a Turkey in 1963.
But it wasn’t until the Reagan administration in 1987 that a turkey was given an official presidential pardon as a joke.
Despite it being a joke, the turkey was spared and put into a petting zoo. In 1989 George H.
Bush made it an annual tradition and each president following him has carried on the tradition.
3) What meat did the native Americans bring to the first Thanksgiving? Deer (venison) After they arrived, some of the Native Americans went out hunting and brought back five deer to give to the governor, the captain, and others.
That’s it for today! Thanks for reading.
Have a great Thanksgiving!
Brett
