Wednesday, November 17, 2010

Thanks given holiday

Thanks given holiday is one of the the most popular holiday  in the United state of American.On thanks given day ,many sibling, families relatives and friends are come to gather from different places,cities and states spend to gather.

The history of thanks given holiday is,a group of people who fled to Holland from England because of religious freedom. But they couldn't get the freedom  they need. in Holland. Instead they try to forgot their language and their culture ,then they decided to leave Harland and came to the United State  on September 6 -1620. Those people were fled for religious freedom and they call for them self  saints.
They are the first pilgrims settler in America.At the beginning many of them were died , because of hanger, disease,and bad weather.After many of them died and safer the native American helped them.They helped them haw to fish, farming,medicine and what kind fruit vegetable they can eat.On the next year the pilgrims got better harvest and survived. The native American and the pilgrims join to gather and they celebrate for three days.For that reason in 1863 president Abraham Lincoln declared the third thursday of November to be national holiday.

1 comment:

  1. Very nice summary of the holiday, Mehari!
    Note spelling: Thanksgiving
    how (not haw)
    use past tense verbs:
    they called themselves saints
    they died because of hunger
    joined together
    they celebrated

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