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   Troy Record, The (Newspaper) - November 24, 1977, Troy, New York                                region Christmas drive Page 25 Route of Troy Turkey Page 25 Turkey Page 16 The Times November 1977 15 By JACK CASEY Staff Writer When the pilgrims broke their coarse bread with Indians in they were continuing a tradition as old as civilization the harvest The only new features of their Thanksgiving were the pumpkins and maize and peculiarly American and the religious meaning the pilgrims gave the It the whole idea of feasting that the Puritans were fleeing when they came to the New Merry Olde England was fond of and it is said Englishmen observed over 100 feasts a even in the time of Oliver The beginning of the harvest feast is pagan and lost far back in unrecorded The Hebrews borrowed a feast from the Canaanites and gave it their own significance and ritual the Feast of The Greeks celebrated a Feast to goddess of This was an elaborate nine day affair that started with solemn praying and slowly evolved into an orgy of dancing and singing under the spell of god of The English had their Harvest Home feast at the last gathering of It differed from shire to shire In some effigies were made from the grain the kern baby or the wicker man and the last wagonload was usually accom to the barn by a In the whole town donn ed the mayor would dress as the and the mad cap of the village would pretend to be a beautiful the queen of the evenings there was always a hams and whole oxen and roast and there were ale drinking bouts and arm wrestling for the men with many robust songs and Such fun disgusted the Puritans and under religious pressure they left England for There they found a thanksgiving feast much more to their once occupied by the was set tree in 1584 The Dutch thanksgiving was a political observed on 3 by going to a church service and then eating a hodge a spicy Spanish This was done with a sense of not to say When the Puritans came to the New their first year was a very harsh Nearly half their company died After the first William Bradford invited the helpful Indian to a three day It was a time of celebration and eating and there were Oddly there is no mention of any religious service at this first American Thanksgiving was observed in the Massachusetts Bay Colony year after and slowly religion took the main The eating part was nudged aside before the was observed in Massachusetts by The Connecticut were more and they kept the holiday with feasting and The Dutch in Die Hudson Valley linked this harvest feast to their political one and likewise celebrated It George Washington who called for the first national observance in and again in On and off and here and the holiday was sometimes in cheer and sometimes especially during wars in and The Civil War interrupted the planting and ed the harvest and weighed on peoples It was Presi dent Abraham after being urged for years by Sarah a Boston who called the next official This was in 18H3 after the devastating victory at Lincoln meant for the day always to be observed but in 1865 his own assassination almost broke the tradition President Andrew urged that it be recognized and it has remained an official holiday to this Now it is up to the president to declare the day each year and for the governors of each state to redeclare it Many at tend church in the morning and the rest of he is a time of relaxation and The the bird Benjamin r wanted as our national is stuffed at family a political and religious feast that has changed so much over the remains today the only religious holiday decreed by our government for all peonies ot all A bounty of toy trains Thanksgiving traditionally marks the coming of the Christmas shopping season and one of the most traditional of all Christmas gifts is the toy There are toy trains and then there are TOY If you want to see some of the most extensive and detailed train layouts in the you should take the family to the annual open house of the Schenectady Model Railroad Club to be held from 1 to 5 on and The annual house grows each year and this year has been expanded to four days to accomodate Last nearly people came and looked over the miniature The main layout fills a room 23 feet by 55 feet with more than 300 feet of mainline trackage and several scale miles of yard sidings and The layout can accomodate three mainline trains operating as well as five yard a hostler on the and a You really have to see the layout to believe it is true and the once you get close youll have to keep telling yourself it is only a The under construction at the present site since has been expanded and changed even since last years open Membership in the Schenectady Model Railroad Club has averaged about 30 they range from teen agers to people in and from all walks of The in addition to the layout offers a lounge meeting repair paint movie and alide room and storage To make sure the layout doesnt discourage viewers from beginning their own there will also be displays of smaller displays and slide The members will also be on hand to answer There is a 50cent admission charge to offset some of the clubs operating costs which total about a Children under five will be admitted Theres plenty of parking at the located at 243 State So bring the kids and take a look at the fine art 01 model railroading and maybe Santa will begin a train layout at your house this

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