It is a very rainy day here - and we send out hopes that you are all doing well. Bundled up and warm, wherever you are.
What are you all doing for Thanksgiving? We are looking forward to eating a special turkey dinner together. 😸
Here's a little history for you: President George Washington proclaimed the first national Thanksgiving Day in 1789. Abraham Lincoln declared that the last Thursday in November should be celebrated as Thanksgiving, and it become a recognized holiday in the United States in 1863. It was moved to the fourth Thursday of November, and became an official federal holiday in 1941 by President Franklin Roosevelt.
But it actually started a lot earlier than that, when the pilgrims settled in Plymouth, Massachusetts in 1621. This first feast was organized by the Governor, William Bradford, who invited the Wampanoag Indians. Two years later, they began calling the feast "Thanksgiving", after a long drought ended.
Did you know? Ben Franklin wanted the turkey to be the national bird instead of the bald eagle. Imagine that!
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| Me in all of my sunroom glory. |
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| Grigio visited twice daily this week. |
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| Grigio greeting me at the door. |
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| November 21st, we began fostering this lil fuzzball. This photo was taken November 23, 2018. |
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| One year later, November 23, 2019 - our fuzzball certainly has grown! |
Purr & Paw, 🐾
-Stivali.
