"The First Thanksgiving", painted by Jean Leon Gerome Ferris (1863–1930). Jean Leon Gerome Ferris (1863&ndash1930 was an American Artist who painted The Eve of Discovery, showing a Caravel as it may have appeared

Thanksgiving, or Thanksgiving Day, is a traditional North American holiday, which is a form of harvest festival. Lists of holidays The words holiday or vacation have related meanings in different English-speaking countries and continents but will usually refer to one of Harvest festivals around the world Pongal: celebrated by Tamil people in Tamil Nadu (India and other places First celebrated in what would become Canada in the late 1500s, Thanksgiving was later also celebrated in what would become the United States in the early 1600s. Country to "Dominion of Canada" or "Canadian Federation" or anything else please read the Talk Page The United States of America —commonly referred to as the Today, Thanksgiving is celebrated on the second Monday of October in Canada and on the fourth Thursday of November in the United States. Country to "Dominion of Canada" or "Canadian Federation" or anything else please read the Talk Page The United States of America —commonly referred to as the

Canada

Main article: Thanksgiving (Canada)

United States

Main article: Thanksgiving (United States)

Grenada

In Grenada there is a national holiday of Thanksgiving Day on October 25. Thanksgiving, or Thanksgiving Day ( Canadian French: Action de grâce) is an annual one-day Holiday to give thanks to God for In the United States, Thanksgiving or Thanksgiving Day is an annual one-day legal holiday to express Gratitude for the things one has Grenada (grɪˈneɪdə is an Island nation that includes the southern Grenadines in the southeastern Caribbean Sea. It is unrelated to holidays in the United States and Canada even though it bears the same name. It marks the anniversary of the US led invasion of the island in 1983 in response to the illegal deposition and execution of Grenadan Prime Minister Maurice Bishop. The Invasion of Grenada, codenamed Operation Urgent Fury, was an Invasion of the nation of Grenada, an island in the Caribbean Sea 100 miles north Maurice Rupert Bishop ( May 29, 1944 &ndash October 19, 1983) was a Grenadian ^[1]

Amerindians

Ohenton Kariwatehkwen (The Thanksgiving Address)

The Thanksgiving Address is a process which has gone on for thousands of years. It is an oral tradition that gets passed down from generation to generation which still goes on to this day. The Thanksgiving Address is called the (Ohenton Kariwatekhwen) O-Honn-Doo Ga-Re-Wa-Deh-Gwonh. In the (Kanien'Keha:ka) Ga-Kneeu'-Gay-Haa] language this means the words that come before all else.

See also

• Thanksgiving dinner
• Festival
• List of Harvest Festivals

References

External links

• Thanksgiving: The Jewish Perspective on Chabad.org
• Deconstructing the Myths of “The First Thanksgiving”