Arcadia Public Library

Presents information about the first Thanksgiving and the way that holiday is celebrated today.

Describes the history, customs, meaning, and celebration of Thanksgiving.

Includes lists of things needed and specific directions for making a variety of crafts related to Thanksgiving.

Introduces the holiday of Thanksgiving and some of the ways in which it is celebrated, explaining the origin and meaning behind such symbols as the turkey.

Describes how the colonists aboard the Mayflower founded New Plymouth and celebrated their first harvest with a feast of thanksgiving.

Describes the reasons that the Pilgrims traveled to the New World, their voyage on the Mayflower, the hardships of their first winter in the Plymouth settlement, and the harvest celebration remembered as the first Thanksgiving. Also describes Plimoth Plantation, a recreation of the original seventeenth-century settlement.

In 1621 the Pilgrims share a Thanksgiving feast with their Native American friends and give thanks for all their blessings.

Examines th history and lore of Thanksgiving from A for "across the Atlantic Ocean" to Z for " the "zeppelin-like" balloons in the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade.