Recuperation journey: Looking at the sky

This sunset is from Nov. 25, 2022. Thanks, Facebook memories.

'Turnback Tuesday' highlights history of Thanksgiving

Turnback Tuesday celebrates Thanksgiving. The first celebration was in 1621 with the Plymouth colonists and the Native American Wampanoag people. 

Celebrated more as the first autumn harvest, the colonists and Native Americans feasted on the bounty of the harvest. Local fruits and vegetables were most likely consumed along with fish, venison, and fowl.

The day of Thanksgiving was originally celebrated by individual colonies and states on different days. In 1863, Abraham Lincoln proclaimed that a national Thanksgiving Day be held on the last Thursday of each November, a tradition that is still observed to this day.

Thanks goes to the Derby Public Library staff for sharing interesting history each week.

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