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Concord Enterprise

Location

Concord, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Nov 23, 1904

Page

6

The Turkey as American National Bird and Thanksgiving

A preservation of tradition argues for the turkey over the bald eagle as the true American symbol. The piece traces the bird’s history from Montezuma’s court to Columbus voyages, notes Rhode Island and Kentucky turkey farming, and describes modern methods to raise large, healthy birds for Thanksgiving and presidential use.

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First Thanksgiving Observed in 1623 Fort Church

The earliest recorded Thanksgiving day was set in 1623 amid a famine threat to the young colony. A day of humiliation and prayer was observed, rain fell, crops prospered, and Elder Brewster delivered a sermon in the fort church.

Fort Church Brewster

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