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Show | ST. GEORGE 4 — For the week of November 21, 2008 NEIGHBORHOODS The Spectrum — www.thespectrum.com Residents share Thanksgiving traditions and memories By THAYA GILMORE For St. George Neighborhoods * * D tc an =" Your community Thanksgiving Day is the harvest feast of the Pilgrims in 1621, a day set aside for Thursday. in November to prayer and thanksgiving. In be a legal holiday which the nation observes today. 1863, President Abraham The tradition of the celeLincoln designated that the last Thursday in November . bration of Thanksgiving Day started with the Pilgrims. should be observed as a day After a long voyage across of thanksgiving. ~ This tradition went on for the Atlantic Ocean in 1620, the Pilgrims landed 75 years until 1939 when in a place now known as President Franklin Roosevelt Plymouth, Mass. Going moved the holiday up one week to benefit the retail through a severe winter, losing people to starvation andbusiness by extending the disease, then planting crops Christmas shopping season. In 1941, Congress offi- in the spring and reaping cially declared the fourth the harvest in the fall, the Pilgrims were very grateful for their abundant bounty. In gratitude to the Almighty they had a feast. Living near the seacoast possibly the first Thanksgiving foods consisted of fish, such as bass, cod, herring, shad, eel, bluefish and seafood, like clams, lobsters, mussels, and oysters. Game was plentiful found inland. There was wild turkey, duck, goose, partridge, venison, pork, and chickens, Assorted fruits were also in abundance such as raspberries, plums, cherries, strawberries, grapes, blueberries and gooseberries. The Pilgrims brought seeds from NO APPOINTMENT NECESSARY — JUST Wea Karl Brooks Don Hinton Beulah Pectol England for planting, such as cheese, and eggs. (Creative corn, radishes, lettuce, car- - Forecasting, Inc., November rots, onions, and cabbage. 1999, page 11). They invited Many other varieties of vegethe Indians to their feast tables were also planted and who helped them grow some harvested. To name a few, of the foods. there were peas, squashes, Now 387 years later, many families carry on the tradiand beans along with walnuts, chestnuts, acorns, and tion of our forefathers and hickory nuts. They made gather around the dinner grape wine and drank water table, have a feast and gives from spring heads. They also thanks for their bounty and had honey, maple syrup, blessings. There are many stories of different ways people over the years have celebrated Thanksgiving. More specifically, what was Thanksgiving like in the early days of the residents in the St. George area? Don Hinton .. Professor and dean of Arts and Sciences at Dixie e See HOLIDAY on pg. 16 Ege « ¢ Pe) * Natural Te Frozen Yogurt cerlalleracrenrg 3 Food Supplements * Organic Produce : Hours: Mon. - Fri. 8:30 - 6:30 Sat. 9:00-2:00 s ¢ Breads NOW OPEN ¢ ANY AB TEST NOW® provides thousands of standard lab tests to STRITCH E ACO)eM CNS ITALIC ELAN PHOS SACLE « Vitamins = E cy Dried Fruits* Sait Free Foods « Pastry * Minerais * Herbs ° Restricted Diet Foods |