[Sca-cooks] Canadian Friends

[Elaine Koogler]

I believe that President Lincoln was the first to make it a national
holiday.  However, a feast of thanksgiving is something that was practiced
from time immemorial, and probably in 'most every culture around the
world.  It's usually the culmination of the harvest time.  My understanding
was that we were talking about the first of these feasts to be held in
America and known to history.

Kiri

Barbara Nostrand wrote:

> Noble Cousins!
>
> Greetings from Solveig! I read that Thanksgiving was invented during
> the American Civil War. Maybe the first thanksgiving feast was served
> to Abraham Lincoln in the presidential palace.
>
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