Thanksgiving Day

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Across
  1. 2. - an American president who set the last Thursday of November as "A Day of Thanksgiving and Praise" in October, 1963;
  2. 5. - a person or thing that is grown and produced in a particular place;
  3. 6. - a synonym for settlers;
  4. 10. - an organized group of people in costumes which moves slowly down a street to celebrate an occasion;
  5. 11. - an animal used as a symbol of Thanksgiving;
  6. 15. - a state that has the real Plymouth Rock at the Piligrim Memorial State Park;
  7. 18. - an ocean that the Mayflower crossed from Plymouth, England in 1620;
  8. 23. - people who travelled to a new land and are commonly known as early settlers of the Plymouth Colony
  9. 24. - a nest of turkey eggs;
  10. 29. - an American president who was very passionate about having the turkey as the national symbol;
  11. 30. - a kind of sport traditionally played on Thanksgiving
  12. 31. - a utensil not used at the first Thanksgiving as it had yet to be invented;
  13. 32. - an Americam president who changed the date of Thanksgiving to be one week earlier to allow more time to holiday shopping in 1939;
  14. 33. - the Mayflower took sixty-six of these to reach America
Down
  1. 1. - a group of turkeys;
  2. 3. - horn of plenty
  3. 4. - a process of gathering crop;
  4. 7. - a yellow crop that Piligrims planted in spring along with peas and barle;
  5. 8. - a female turkey;
  6. 9. - a large and elaborate meal;
  7. 12. - when you have a good feeling about something someone has done for you, you might say this to them;
  8. 13. - a vegetable that resembles a sweet potato
  9. 14. - a body part located on the chin of a turkey that turns bright red during courting or when upset;
  10. 16. - this crop is often thought of as a vegetable but is considered a fruit because it contains seeds of the plant;
  11. 17. - a male turkey;
  12. 19. - the Mayflower spotted land at __________Cod;
  13. 20. - in 1620, Piligrims set this up at Plymouth in what is now Massachusetts;
  14. 21. - a state known for producing the most cranberries in the United States;
  15. 22. - having to do with a celebration or festival;
  16. 25. - a ship that carried passengers from England to America in 1620;
  17. 26. - a state that produces more turkeys than any other state;
  18. 27. - a baby turkey;
  19. 28. - a member of the Pawtuxet tribe who taught the Piligrims how to grow and harvest food;
  20. 29. - a season in which Thanksgiving occurs;