Thanksgiving Truths

4. the European settlers who arrived in 1620
5. the Native people who helped the Pilgrims have a successful harvest in 1621
7. These turkeys tend to be bigger and slower than wild turkeys.
10. She wrote that the United States "needed more holidays."
11. the company that invented frozen meals after having 260 tons of extra turkey that didn't sell in 1953
13. originally treated as a religious celebration by the Pilgrims
15. the Thursday in November that is legally designated as Thanksgiving
16. This important tool used in the baking process was not built by Pilgrims until years after the first harvest celebration.
17. a key ingredient in sauces and pies that had run out before the harvest celebration in 1921
19. was likely served at the first harvest celebration since the settlement was on the Atlantic coast
20. the living history museum named after the first permanent European settlement in New England
21. the number of professional (NFL) football games played on Thanksgiving Day

1. an amino acid in turkey and other foods that can make a person feel sleepy
2. the first department store to sponsor a parade on Thanksgiving (in 1920)
3. the chief of the Native tribe that was most helpful to the settlers
6. a Native American man who spoke English and helped the Pilgrims
8. originally used for fabric dye, pemmican (jerky) and medicine
9. It is likely that this meat was served at the first harvest celebration in 1621, based on diary entries
12. numbered very few among Pilgrims at the harvest celebration in 1621 due to deaths caused by disease in the winter of 1620
14. the president who set the date for Thanksgiving that was approved by Congress in 1939
18. native to South America, this food was not brought to North America until many years after the first harvest celebration