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About Herald and news. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1942-current | View Entire Issue (Nov. 28, 1963)
Pilgrims Gave Thanks As New Day Seemed To Be Dawning By PETER J. CROMN PLYMOUTH, Mass. (UPI Disease and famine plagued the Plymouth colony that chill au tumn nearly three and a half centuries a?o, but a new and better day appeared to be dawn ing and it x?emed appropriate to pause and say thanks to God. i I At that first Thanksgiving, a three-day Dutch treat cockout. the 48 sunning pilgrims said thanks for the meagerest of blessings the means to sus tain life. Their example of faith and thankfulness may seem al most incredible to Christians of the present day, 342 years later. For the most part Americans will sit down Thanksgiving be fore generous platters of turkey to reflect on their general abun dance. It was exactly 100 years ago. in 18S3, Hat President Abraham Lincoln proclaimed a national Thanksgiving holiday and es- omer; -Alien vUHtt $illunvJofti3raaf oAum6cr Kaftan. felh STntish & Ictchct - fruUcv :, -y- is-. XJJiuslciu. - tablished the last Thursday of November as the time of the observance. Before 18S3, Thanksgiving was celebrated on different dates in tie various states, spread across eight months. Cries Of Outrage In 19W. President Franklin D. Roosevelt moved up Thanksgiv ing to the third Thursday, giv ing rife to cries of outrage from traditionalists who continued to observe the event on the fourth. The national observance revert ed to the fourth Thursday in liMl and has so remained. If Americans today almost take for granted their bountiful supply of oven-roasted turkey, assorted trimmings, fresh-frozen vegetables and thaw 'n' serve pumpkin pie. such w as not the case with the Massachusetts colonists. As November approaclied in 1821. Pilgrim loaders sat down and took stock of their con dition. Life was hard. Half their number had died sine first coming to this strange but beau tiful land. Even so, the P i 1 grims realized tremendous hard ships had been overcome and recognized that better days were ahead. Hostile Indians no longer men aced the colony and the Pil grims' summer - long famine ended when they harvested 20 acres of a grain strange to them Indian corn. Suddenly squadrons of ducks and geese seemingly appeared from nowhere during that crisp autumn to further ease the food shortage. Day For Feasting The 43 pilgrims indeed had cause for giving thanks, and. according to Dr. Uleason L, Ar cher, former counselor-general of the Society of Mayflower Descendants. Governor Bradfor set aside a day for prayer and feasting. In their exuberance, the Pil grims invited Indian Chief Mas sasoit to participate in the cele bration. The Pilgrims hinted to the Indian chieftain that ho might bring a few close friends to share in the harvest meal. In stead of just bringing his broth er Quadqucna and a few mem bers of his high command as the Pilgrims expected, he ar rived with 90 other Indians all hungry. There was hardly enough food to whet the appetite of the hun gry Indians and settlers Massasoit was told of the Pil grims' plight and the Indian immediately informed his follow ers and ordered them to return to tlie woodlands lor deer and wild turkeys. Tliey soon reappeared w ith five deer and turkeys galore. Elder Brewster stood, and with head bowed, offered thanks to God. Then the giant Dutch treat cook-out began. I1KK All) AND NEWS, Klamath Falls. Oregon Thursday, November !S, 1963 PAGE IB Thanksgiving Date Marred By Controversy WASHINGTON UPl -Thanksgiving Day, though long a favorite American holiday, has been a subject of much controversy over the years. Before 1863, people in differ ent slates celebrated Thanks giving on diflcrent dales and in eight different months, accord ing to the National Geographic Society. Abraham Lincoln stabilized tlie holiday, setting aside the last Thursday of November. Because November has five Thursdays in some wars, the day later was switched to the fourth Thursday. In 1939, President Franklin D. Roosevelt moved Thanksgiv ing to the third Thursday, caus ing widespread public protest. Half the nation followed the Presidential Proclamation and feasted on the third Thursday. Traditionalists observed the fourth. Two years later, Congress ended tlie confusion by decid ing in favor of tlie fourth Thurs. day. There w as a hassle last vear when President Kennedy began his Thanksgiving Proclamation by saying: "Over three centur ies ago in Plymouth, on Massa chusetts Bay, the Pilgrims es tablished tlie custom of gather ing together each year to ex press their gratitude to God." Virginians protested, saying colonists at Berkeley Planta tion, on the banks of tlie James River, observed a day of Thanksgiving on December 4, 1619 three years before the Pilgrims held theirs. 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