So Very Thankful

Thanksgiving is about feeling AND showing gratitude. It's not about the turkey, perfectly set table, or football. This was the message my principal shared with us at assembly. A great message--one that reminds me to focus not on the LONG car ride, but the time we have with our family. 

Happy Thanksgiving, Liberty Friends!

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Appalled that Thanksgiving, a holiday that could bring people together, was being ignored by many Americans, she had appealed to several previous presidents--Taylor, Fillmore, Pierce, Buchanan--but only Lincoln responded. 

In 1863, Sarah saw Lincoln declare Thanksgiving a national holiday.

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Beginning with a concise summary of the 1621 Massachusetts harvest festival with English colonists and Native Americans and the larger celebration that followed two years later, this picture book presents an alphabet of words inspired by events, people, and places related to the holiday. From the obvious (P is for Pilgrim) to the more difficult (W is for Wampanoag), the few sentences on each page define the term and its relationship to Thanksgiving as it was celebrated historically and in the present.

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