Happy Thanksgiving 2013

Here’s a little Thanksgiving history:

1863 is when the traditional feast of Thanksgiving started. President Abraham Lincoln proclaimed, during the Civil War that a national “Thanksgiving and Praise to our beneficent Father who dwelleth in the Heavens”, to be celebrated on the 4th Thursday in November.

The “First Thanksgiving” was celebrated in 1621 by the Pilgrims after their first harvest in the new world. It lasted for 3 days and was attended by 90 Native Americans and 53 Pilgrims. Thanksgiving services were routine in what was to become the Commonwealth of Virginia as early as 1607, with the first permanent settlement of Jamestown, Virginia holding a Thanksgiving in 1610.

My point is; that Thanksgiving is not just a tradition; it’s a day when families get together and share stories, laughter and love. There must be something to it; we’ve been observing the tradition since the 1600’s.

Happy Thanksgiving from the staff at Casetrackerlaw.com