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Line 23: − Turkey, corn (maize), pumpkins and cranberry sauce are symbols that represent the first Thanksgiving. These symbols often are depicted on holiday decorations and greeting cards. Corn in particular is held to represent the survival of the Pilgrim colonies. Used as a table or door decoration, corn or maize represents the harvest and the fall season. − − Sweet-sour cranberry sauce, or cranberry jelly, was on the first Thanksgiving table and is still served today. The cranberry is a small, sour berry. It grows in bogs, or muddy areas, in Massachusetts and other New England states. The Indians used the fruit to treat infections and the juice to dye their rugs and blankets. They taught the colonists how to cook the berries with sweetener and water to make a sauce. The Indians called it "ibimi," which means "bitter berry." The Pilgrims preferred "crane-berry" because the flowers of the berry bent the stalk over, reminding them of the long-necked crane. The berries are still grown in New England. − − In 1988, a Thanksgiving night ceremony of a different kind took place at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine in New York City. Among the more than four thousand people gathered there were Native Americans representing tribes from all over the country and descendants of the later immigrants. The ceremony acknowledged publicly the Native American role in the first American Thanksgiving, a feast held to thank the Indians for sharing the knowledge and skill without the first Pilgrims would not have survived. − − ==See also== − [[Image:Thanksgiving.jpg|right|240px]] − *[[Abraham Lincoln's Thanksgiving Proclaimation]]
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==Symbols of Thanksgiving==
==Symbols of Thanksgiving==
[[Image:FreedomFromWant.JPG|right|thumb|200px|''Freedom From Want'', aka ''The Thanksgiving Dinner'', by Norman Rockwell]]
[[Image:FreedomFromWant.JPG|right|thumb|200px|''Freedom From Want'', aka ''The Thanksgiving Dinner'', by Norman Rockwell]]
==Canada==
==Canada==
[[Canadian]] Thanksgiving is celebrated on the second Monday in October.
[[Canadian]] Thanksgiving is celebrated on the second Monday in October.
== External links ==
== External links ==