Wednesday November 24, 2004 Trivial Tidbits
The first Thanksgiving celebration, according to tradition, occurred in 1621. Governor William Bradford declared a feast for the tiny colony of settlers at Plymouth, Massachusetts to give thanks to God for a bountiful harvest. However, the first Thanksgiving Day recognized as such by the settlers of Plymouth occurred in 1623.
George Washington proclaimed a National Day of Thanksgiving in 1789. Abraham Lincoln made Thanksgiving official by proclaiming, in 1863, the last Thursday in November as a national day of "Thanksgiving".
In 1941, Congress declared Thanksgiving to be a legally recognized national holiday to be observed on the 4th Thursday in November.
( Nov 24 2004, 04:59:32 PM PST )
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Dan Rather Retiring
Dan Rather announced on Tuesday that he is resigning as anchorman of the CBS Evening News. I, for one, will not miss his brand of journalism or his political bias. I suspect that he will enjoy being able to shed his mantle of supposed objectivity and devote his time as an investigative journalist.
( Nov 24 2004, 04:22:52 PM PST )
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