Meaning of American Thanksgiving
-
Upload
marktab-ministries -
Category
Presentations & Public Speaking
-
view
309 -
download
0
Transcript of Meaning of American Thanksgiving
Thanksgiving
• Celebrated the fourth Thursday in November
• Where did it come from?
• Thanksgiving was important for three of America’s most popular presidents:• George Washington
• Abraham Lincoln
• Franklin D. Roosevelt
George Washington
• Set one day only to be Thanksgiving to God
• Many Americans were and are Christians
• Thanksgiving was not an annual holiday yet
Sarah Josepha Hale
• She was an American Author and writer: she wrote “Mary had a Little Lamb”
• Asked Lincoln to make Thanksgiving a Holiday in 1863
• Her actions helped unite Americans during the tough Civil War
Abraham Lincoln
• Made Thanksgiving an American Holiday in 1863
• President Lincoln worked hard for peace, and thanked God
Franklin Roosevelt
• On November 26, 1941, President Franklin Roosevelt set the day to be the 4th Thursday in November
• He thought changing the date would help the economy
• Today many people shop this weekend
Plymouth, Massachusetts
• Many Thanksgiving stories talk about the Pilgrims in 1621
• They came to America to live a moral Christian life, free from politics and tradition
• Christians also thank God on Thanksgiving
Friends Gather
• We are thankful for friends
• We are thankful for family
• We are thankful for good food
• We are thankful to be free to live a moral life