THANKSGIVING PRESENTATION

Thanksgiving in the Heart of America

by francesca porreca

Thanksgiving has marked the start of the holiday season for nearly four hundred years. The fourth Thursday in November is the long-awaited occasion for Americans to thank life, friends, relatives and God for what they have. Tradition dictates that it should be celebrated at home, and not in a restaurant, and the traditional menu is based on pumpkin and stuffed turkey.

introduction of thanksgiving

Thanksgiving dates back to 1621, when the American territories were still British colonies. According to tradition, the Pilgrim Fathers of the Mayflower, a group of Puritan Christians, left the English port of Plymouth for the Americas to found a new city in which to put down roots

the story of the first thanksgiving

the first Thanksgiving dinner wasn't like today's, starting with the cutlery. the pilgrims did not use forks another thing that wasn't there was the turkey!, the Native Americans brought with them five deer, while the pilgrims went hunting for birds for the feast menu, At the table there were also oysters, lobsters and eels, but no trace of the legendary stuffed turkey.

the first thanksgiving dinner

thanksgiving proclamation

on October third, 1789, George Washington was the first to proclaim Thanksgiving Day, the holiday most deeply felt by Americans. Tradition dictates that on this day we gather around the famous turkey to thank God and loved ones.

The Emancipation Proclamation

The Emancipation Proclamation is a document composed of two executive orders promulgated by United States President Abraham Lincoln during the American Civil War and issued on January first, 1863.

the traditions

On Thanksgiving Day, parades with allegorical floats and celebrations of all kinds take place in all American cities, with gigantic inflated puppets going around the cities. The President of the United States usually celebrates the holiday by eating with soldiers.

Gravy sauce is a sauce made with the cooking juices of the meat and the roux typical of the English and American tradition. It is prepared to accompany roasts, vegetables, potatoes and the traditional stuffed turkey of American Thanksgiving.

gravy sauce

stuffed turkey

The stuffed turkey is the symbol of Thanksgiving Day. Stuffed with meat, chestnuts and vegetables, it is a rich and spectacular second course:

main recipes

Black Friday is a custom born in the United States and which has now spread to Italy. In the USA, Black Friday is the day after Thanksgiving Day, when it arrives it is normal to see long queues of people forming outside the shops from the early hours of the morning, to enter before others in the hope of grabbing the best products on promotion, with discounts that can reach up to 90% of the original price

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map

timeline

questions about thanksgiving

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other questions

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dinner with the soldiers

On November 21st the famous turkey will arrive on the tables of American soldiers, the stuffed turkey, symbol of an anniversary created to thank God and life for what has been received during the year. The meal will be reserved for officers, soldiers and family members, pensioners, employees and guests.

the wagons

on thanksgiving day there is another tradition: that of the floats in which they parade and the children but also the older ones have fun

This desserts is creahberries

This dessert is pumpkin pie

the main desserts

These two cakes are the main cakes eaten on Thanksgiving Day but they are not the only ones. There are also brownies, creahberries etc.