(Opinion) Sandi Squicquero: Good reasons and ways to celebrate Thanksgiving

(Opinion) Sandi Squicquero: Good reasons and ways to celebrate Thanksgiving

The first Thanksgiving was held in the fall of 1621 to celebrate the Pilgrims’ first corn harvest. They called it a Harvest Festival. President George Washington issued the first national Thanksgiving proclamation in 1789 to celebrate the end of the American Revolution. President Abraham Lincoln established Thanksgiving as a permanent national holiday in 1863, and our American celebration of Thanksgiving has been celebrated on the fourth Thursda…