Show Thanksgiving Thanksgiving is the most American of our holidays The first New England day of thanks for a harvest was observed by order of Governer Gover- Gover ner Bradford of Massachusetts probably in 1621 COLONISTS reportedly went out into the woods and shot several turkeys and brought them back to the settlement to be cooked for dinner The Indians heard of the celebration according to the story and entered the settlement settlement settlement settle settle- ment with several deer The settlers and Indians feasted together THE FIRST Thanksgiving Proclamation issued by a President President President Pres Pres- ident came in 1789 and set aside a day of thanksgiving for the adoption of the Con Con- As a national holiday and religious observance Thanksgiving Thanksgiving Thanksgiving Thanks Thanks- giving probably dates from 1863 when Abraham Lincoln Lincoln- acting on the suggestion of Mrs Sarah J. J issued Hale a Thanksgiving Proclamation Lincoln set aside the last Thursday in November as the day to be observed SINCE that time the observance observance observance ob ob- ob- ob servance has been adopted in all the states of the Union We in the United States have many reasons for thanks thanks- giving In remembering our many blessings this year we can hope that Thanksgiving Day next year the war in Vietnam will have been ended ended ended end end- ed and the tragic loss of life among our men will have finally come to a halt |