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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A. W. Ferrin
Benjamin Franklin
Samths
Alaska
Philippines
Solomon
Austria
Turkey
Europe
Columbus
America
Mexico
Montezuma
Spain
Cortes
England
Indies
Orient
Pilgrim Fathers
United States
Epicures
Rhode Island
Recip
Vose
Cleveland
Grant
Roosevelt
Westerly
Elias Miner
Asia
Miner
Kentucky
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.
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Fort Church
Brewster
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