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Corn: Who, When, & Where?
Native Americans orAmerican Indians
A long time before the MayaCivilisation
From Chile to VirginiaFrom Brazil to California
Thanksgiving at present time
The fourth Thursday in November
A national holiday It’s a time for families to get together and give thanks for what they have.Schools, offices and many shops are closed until Sunday making it a long weekend
The Americans may travel long distancesto be with their family and friends
It is the most American holiday of all
food They eat a dinner of roast turkey* and autumn vegetables:
Corn
Potatoes
Yams*
Cranberry sauce*
Pumpkin pie*
A big 30 – 40 pound stuffed turkey
Yams Sweet potatoes
Cranberry sauce
PARDON TURKEY presidential pardon of a turkey
Each year the president of the US pardons a turkey and spares it from being eaten for Thanksgiving dinner.
The first turkey pardon ceremony started with President Truman in 1947
November 1620
102 Puritan reformers
On the Mayflower
WHY?
To escape religious persecution back in England (King James I) and to find a land where to profess their faith freely
The Pilgrim Fathers
They sailed to America
South-East Massachusetts
Wampanoag
Corn, Beans and Squash are three of the main traditional crops for the Wampanoag
Maize or corn beans squash
cornbreadChicha
Back to the Pilgrim Fathers
• They arrived in December• First winter very difficult• Very little food because it was too late to grow
any crops
Many pilgrims died
from 102 to 44
The native Americans showed the survived Pilgrims how to grow crops ( corn and other plants)
Together is better
A national holiday
President Lincoln
In 1863 he declared Thanksgiving a holiday to give thanks for «general blessing»
Grain maize in the UK
It is grown mainly for FORAGE
The summer there is not warm enough to grow maize for grain