Thanksgiving Now and Then by

A. Student and B. Student

The first Thanksgiving was different than what we do now. Now we have

pumpkin pie, mashed potatoes, mac’ncheese and all kinds of stuff.

Yum, Yum!

Back then they only had fish, shellfish, and vegetables and some deer meet.

Almost half of the pilgrims died because they had no food and it was

really cold. But an Indian named Squanto helped them. He showed them how to plant corn using dead

fish.

Oh yeah, they came over on the Mayflower. It was a bad trip. A lot of them got sick and it smelled bad on

the boat.

We have Thanksgiving now because the pilgrims were glad that they

survived. We celebrate it on the last Thursday in November because

Franklin Roosevelt made it an official holiday then. A bunch of other

presidents tried before that.

Benjamin Franklin wanted to make turkeys the national bird of the United states but Thomas Jefferson said no.

So Benjamin Franklin called male turkeys “toms” to make fun of him.

So when you have your Thanksgiving dinner this year remember the

Pilgrims and Indians and Benjamin Franklin and Thomas Jefferson.