1

Where and when did the first iconic Thanksgiving dinner celebration take place in America?

2

Whom did the Mayflower pilgrims invite to the first Thanksgiving feast?

3

What did the pilgrims celebrate during the first Thanksgiving?

4

According to what was available during harvest season, what foods were most likely at the first Thanksgiving feast?

5

Before Thanksgiving became a federal holiday, a few U.S. presidents declared national days of thanksgiving to God for bestowing blessings on the nation. Name one of the presidents.

6

In 1939, President Franklin D. Roosevelt declared Thanksgiving a holiday on the fourth Thursday of November. What was the reason?

7

In 1846, Sarah Josepha Hale, an important magazine editor, began advocating that Thanksgiving become a national holiday in order to unify the country. What famous nursery rhyme is Hale known for writing?

8

Sarah Josepha Hale wrote to five presidents before one of them took her advice to declare a national day for Thanksgiving. Which president finally declared the holiday and in what year?

9

When did Congress officially legalize Thanksgiving and declare it a federal holiday?

10

Before the British pilgrims came to America, Spanish colonists settled in 1565 and held a Mass, then a feast, of thanksgiving. This is believed to be the first recorded Thanksgiving celebration of any kind in the U.S. Where did the Spaniards establish the colony?