Thanksgiving Day: References & Edit History
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Additional Reading
William DeLoss Love, The Fast and Thanksgiving Days of New England (1895), is a thorough study of the origins of New England Thanksgivings, including the establishment of the national holiday. A full account of the 1621 Plymouth event is contained in James Deetz and Patricia E. Scott Deetz, The Times of Their Lives: Life, Love, and Death in Plymouth Colony (2000). A pictorial history of the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day parade is presented in Robert M. Grippo and Christopher Hoskins, Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade (2004). Melanie Kirkpatrick, Thanksgiving: The Holiday at the Heart of the American Experience (2016), is a treatment of the holiday from a broad, traditional American perspective.
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Article History
| Type | Description | Contributor | Date |
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| Modified link of Web site: The Canadian Encyclopedia - Thanksgiving in Canada. | Sep 15, 2026 | ||
| Article revised and updated. | Nov 12, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: BBC Newsround - Thanksgiving: What's the occasion all about? | Sep 27, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: Digital Commons at George Fox University - Thanksgiving: Facts and Fantasies (PDF). | Aug 01, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: Academia - Thanksgiving (PDF). | Jun 20, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: Academia - Thanksgiving in the Pauline Epistles (PDF). | Apr 15, 2025 | ||
| Questions and answers added. | Feb 21, 2025 | ||
| Added cross-reference. | Nov 19, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: Independent - History of Thanksgiving: Why does the US celebrate it? | Jul 30, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: The Canadian Encyclopedia - Thanksgiving in Canada. | May 27, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: Al Jazeera - When is Thanksgiving Day and why is it celebrated? | Apr 19, 2024 | ||
| Media added. | Nov 17, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: Christianity.com - The Meaning of Thanksgiving Day and History of the Holiday. | Jul 03, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: Ancient Origins - American Thanksgiving Origins and Roots in the Old World. | Apr 27, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: Live Science - Thanksgiving Science: Why Gratitude Is Good for You. | Jan 02, 2023 | ||
| Replaced media. | Nov 16, 2022 | ||
| Date of holiday added. | Sep 24, 2022 | ||
| Add new Web site: World History Encyclopedia - Thanksgiving Day: A Brief History. | Aug 25, 2022 | ||
| Replaced media. | Nov 25, 2020 | ||
| Media added. | Aug 24, 2020 | ||
| Media added. | May 12, 2020 | ||
| Add new Web site: HelloKids - Thanksgiving facts. | May 17, 2019 | ||
| Media added. | Feb 13, 2019 | ||
| Corrected display issue. | Nov 21, 2017 | ||
| Add new Web site: Plimoth Plantation, Massachusetts - Thanksgiving History. | Nov 21, 2017 | ||
| Add new Web site: Plimoth Plantation, Massachusetts - Thanksgiving History. | Nov 21, 2017 | ||
| Add new Web site: Mayflower History - Brief History of Thanksgiving. | Nov 21, 2017 | ||
| Add new Web site: Mayflower History - Brief History of Thanksgiving. | Nov 21, 2017 | ||
| Added text describing the traditional Thanksgiving meal and the intensity of holiday travel. | Feb 23, 2017 | ||
| Bibliography revised and updated. | Feb 23, 2017 | ||
| Add new Web site: PBS LearningMedia - Thanksgiving. | Feb 17, 2017 | ||
| Add new Web site: Smithsonian - Thanksgiving in North America: From Local Harvests to National Holiday. | Jun 20, 2016 | ||
| Media added. | Apr 07, 2016 | ||
| Media added. | Jan 08, 2014 | ||
| Add new Web site: Buzzle.com - Thanksgiving. | Aug 14, 2013 | ||
| Revised discussion of the earliest celebration of thanksgiving in Canada. |
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Oct 18, 2011 | |
| Added new Web site: Scholastic - The First Thanksgiving. | Mar 30, 2009 | ||
| Added new Web site: Scholastic - The First Thanksgiving. | Mar 30, 2009 | ||
| Added new Web site: History.com - Thanksgiving Day. | Mar 23, 2009 | ||
| Added new Web site: Buzzle.com - Origin and History of Thanksgiving. | Mar 22, 2009 | ||
| Added new Web site: The Catholic Encyclopedia - Thanksgiving Day. | Mar 22, 2009 | ||
| Added new Web site: Thanksgiving Day - History of Thanksgiving. | Mar 22, 2009 | ||
| Added new Web site: Thanksgiving World - Thanksgiving Day History. | Mar 22, 2009 | ||
| Added new Web site: How Stuff Works - People - How Thanksgiving Work. | Dec 23, 2008 | ||
| Article revised and updated. | Nov 21, 2006 | ||
| Added new Web site: All Recipes - Thanksgiving. | Oct 06, 2006 | ||
| Media added. | Oct 06, 2006 | ||
| Added new Web site: All Recipes - Thanksgiving. | Oct 06, 2006 | ||
| Added new Web site: History.com - The History of Thanksgiving. | Oct 06, 2006 | ||
| Added new Web site: History.com - The History of Thanksgiving. | Oct 06, 2006 | ||
| Article revised. | Jul 31, 2003 | ||
| Article revised. | Oct 19, 2000 | ||
| Article added to new online database. | Jul 20, 1998 |
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