How much do you know about Thanksgiving?

Thanksgiving is a great holiday to relax, spend time with friends and family, and eat too much food. Still, you may want something to think about when you aren’t feasting.If that’s the case, take some time out to learn about Thanksgiving, an all-American holiday.

Thanksgiving in North America: From Local Harvests to National Holiday
From the Smithsonian Institution…an overview of early American thanksgiving celebrations and a history of Thanksgiving as a national holiday.

Facts for Features: Thanksgiving Day
The U.S. Census provides some fascinating statistics about Thanksgiving.
Scary statistic: the “typical American” ate 13.4 pounds of turkey in 2004 with “a hearty helping devoured at Thanksgiving time.” [my italics]

If you want more information, you can find hundreds of articles about Thanksgiving Day in the library’s databases. For a taste, here is a list of articles from Academic Search Premier on the subject “Thanksgiving Day.”

Lastly, the Blume Library will have different operating hours during the holiday. The library website lists our Thanksgiving hours.

Best wishes for a happy holiday from the Blume Library’s faculty and staff!

Note: image from the American Memory database, citation: Neffsville, Pennsylvania. Thanksgiving dinner at the house of Earle Landis.