Thanksgiving and Thanksgiving Day

Each year on the fourth Thursday in November, Americans gather for a day of feasting, football and family. While today’s Thanksgiving celebrations would likely be unrecognizable to attenders of the original 1621 harvest meal, it continues to be a day for Americans to come together around the table-albeit with some updates to pilgrim’s menu. The arrival of the Pilgrims and Puritans brought new Thanksgiving traditions to the American scene.