History of Thanksgiving

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Across
  1. 1. This type of seafood was likely served at that first feast
  2. 3. Many cities, including New York City, hold __________ with floats and performers
  3. 6. President who proclaimed a national Thanksgiving Day
  4. 7. The main dish most associated with Thanksgiving
  5. 8. Governor who organized a celebratory feast with their native allies
  6. 10. Some native nations protest the Thanksgiving holiday by holding a day of ___________
  7. 12. Communities often hold _______ _________ to help the less fortunate
  8. 13. The number of days the celebratory feast lasted in November of 1621
  9. 14. the ocean on the Mayflower
Down
  1. 2. The woman who campaigned to make Thanksgiving a national holiday
  2. 3. Group of English religious settlers who
  3. 4. Native who taught the English settlers how to cultivate corn
  4. 5. The first state to officially adopt an annual Thanksgiving holiday
  5. 9. Thanksgiving is officially the _________ Thursday in November
  6. 11. Every year the president of the United States __________ a turkey
  7. 12. Another thanksgiving celebration was held in 1565 in _________________ to celebrate the safe arrival of Pedro Menendez de Aviles expedition