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Happy Thanksgiving Here are some interesting facts about Thanksgiving. - Ninety Wampanoag Native Americans and 50 Plymouth colonialists (Pilgrims) celebrated the first-ever autumn harvw3sat celebration in 1621. While this celebration lasted three days, only 5 women were present. - In 1789, President George Washington proclaimed 26th November as the "Day of Public Thanksgiving" for that year. - It wasn't until 1863 that President Abraham Lincoln proclaimed that Thanksgiving would be held on every last Thursday of November each year and that it would be a national holiday. - Since some Novembers had 5 Thursdays, in 1941, President Roosevelt signed a new resolution proclaiming the fourth Thursday of every November as the national Thanksgiving Day. - There are three towns in the United States named "Turkey". They can be found in Texas, Louisiana, and North Carolina. - Minnesota raises the most turkeys in the U.S. Just six states - Minnesota, North Carolina, Arkansas, Virginia, Missouri and Indiana - produce two-thirds of the birds raised in the U.S. - The first Macy's Thanksgiving Parade was held in 1924, and it mainly comprised of Macy's employees. The inflated balloons were later introduced in 1927. - The first professional football games on Thanksgiving were played on November 25, 1920. - More people travel to Orlando, Florida than anywhere else on Thanksgiving. - Thanksgiving eve is traditionally the busiest bar night of the year.
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