Thanksgiving Masterpieces

Thanksgiving Day is celebrated each year on the fourth Thursday of November. The first Thanksgiving feast was shared by English settlers of the Plymouth Colony and their Native American neighbors in 1621. According to the National Geographic Kids' website, "one day that fall, four settlers were sent to hunt for food for a harvest celebration. The Wampanoag heard gunshots and alerted their leader, Massasoit, who thought the English might be preparing for war. Massasoit visited the English settlement with 90 of his men to see if the war rumor was true. Soon after their visit, the Native Americans realized that the English were only hunting for the harvest celebration. Massasoit sent some of his own men to hunt deer for the feast and for three days, the English and native men, women, and children ate together. The meal consisted of deer, corn, shellfish, and roasted meat, far from today's traditional Thanksgiving feast." 

No turkey?! No cranberries?! The people who celebrated that first Thanksgiving feast didn't know what they were missing! 
Check out National Geographic's First Thanksgiving web page: http://kids.nationalgeographic.com/kids/stories/history/first-thanksgiving/

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The students at Blue Church Art created lots of Thanksgiving Masterpieces to commemorate this unique American holiday!

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The Cornucopia, a symbol
of abundance and nourishment.

Pilgrims preparing for the feast.

The pilgrims' ship, the Mayflower.

Watercolor & salt turkeys.

More beautiful turkeys, in all shapes and colors:

Below: The Animals' Thanksgiving feast...and a Turkey Wedding!

Last but not least...
A "turkey arrow" that will direct Joshua's lucky Thanksgiving dinner guests to the family feast :-) 

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