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[[Image:Vc006494.jpg|right|thumb|300px|Congressional Thanksgiving Day Proclamation, set by Congress, December 18, 1777]]
[[Image:Vc006494.jpg|right|thumb|300px|Congressional Thanksgiving Day Proclamation, set by Congress, December 18, 1777]]
'''Thanksgiving''' is a day set aside to give thanks to the [[God|Lord]] for a bountiful harvest; in the [[United States]] the event is commemorated by a national holiday in November with its origins in the second year of the colonists at Plymouth, [[Massachusetts]].
'''Thanksgiving''' is a day set aside to give thanks to the [[God|Lord]] for a bountiful harvest; in the [[United States]] the event is commemorated by a national holiday in November with its origins in Virginia at Berkeley Plantation on December 4, 1619.
==History==
==History==
== External links ==
== External links ==
*[http://www.virginia.org/site/features.asp?featureid=50]
*[http://www.epicurious.com/articlesguides/holidays/thanksgiving/thanksgiving_entertaining The Complete Thanksgiving Guide]
*[http://www.epicurious.com/articlesguides/holidays/thanksgiving/thanksgiving_entertaining The Complete Thanksgiving Guide]
*[http://www.history.com/minisites/thanksgiving/ The History of Thanksgiving]
*[http://www.history.com/minisites/thanksgiving/ The History of Thanksgiving]