Thanksgiving Day is a national holiday in the United States. In 1621, the Plymouth colonists from England and the Native American Wampanoag people shared an autumn harvest feast that is acknowledged as one of the first Thanksgiving celebrations in the colonies.

For more than two centuries, days of thanksgiving were celebrated by individual colonies and states. It wasn’t until 1863, in the midst of the Civil War, that President Abraham Lincoln proclaimed a national Thanksgiving Day to be held each November.

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Although I don't know for sure if my ancestors were at that first Thanksgiving celebration, some were in the Plymouth colonies at the time!!! So, they may have been. Over 500 years later, my husband (whose family was still in Europe until the late 19th Century) & I will be celebrating the day together with our loved ones. However, our turkey dinner today won't be a wild bird, but instead a Honey Suckle White.