Portal:Thanksgiving

Creative works

Plays

• The First Thanksgiving Dinner, 1906 by Marjorie Benton Cooke
• The Meaning of Thanksgiving Day, a Seasonal Play, 1922 by Carolyn Wells

Poems and songs

• "Fire Dreams", 1918 by Carl Sandburg
• "Giving Thanks", 1917 by Florence Earle Coates
• "Jingle Bells", written in 1857 for Thanksgiving by James Pierpont
• "One Day is there of the Series", 1896 by Emily Dickinson
• "Over the River and Through the Wood", 1844 by Lydia Maria Child
• "Songs and Lyrics (Lehrer)/Post-Thanksgiving Hymn", 1989 by Thomas Andrew Lehrer
• "A Prayer on Thanksgiving", 1881 by Martha A. Smith
• "Song for Thanksgiving", 1883 by Annie Lanman Angier
• "Thanksgiving", 1890 by Sophia Courtoulde Hazlett-Bevis
• "Thanksgiving", 1909 by Florence Earle Coates
• "Thanksgiving", 1910 by Charles Follen Adams
• "Thanksgiving", 1916 by Florence Earle Coates
• "Thanksgiving", 1916 by Martha Julia Elliott
• "Thanksgiving", 1917 by Alfred Joyce Kilmer
• Thanksgiving Day poems, 1898 by Jason Elmer Hammond
• "Thanksgiving Day on Shore", 1850 by Lydia Huntley Sigourney
• Thanksgiving in Poetry, 1923

Speeches

• The State of the Nation, Considered in a Sermon for Thanksgiving Day, 1850 by Theodore Parker
• A Thanksgiving Plea for Free Labor, North and South, 1864

Stories

• "Ann Mary; Her Two Thanksgivings", 1892 by Mary Eleanor Wilkins Freeman
• "Millionaire Mike's Thanksgiving", 1919 by Eleanor Hodgman Porter
• "Thubway Tham's Thanksgiving Dinner", 1918 by Johnston McCulley
• "Two Thanksgiving Day Gentlemen", 1907 by O. Henry

Government works

• National Thanksgiving Proclamation (1777)

Presidential pronouncements

• National Thanksgiving Proclamation, 1789 by George Washington
• Thanksgiving Proclamation (1863), by Abraham Lincoln
• Thanksgiving Day Proclamation, 1935, by Franklin Delano Roosevelt

Presidential addresses

• Barack Obama Weekly Address - 29 November 2008
• Presidential Radio Address - 27 November 1982
• Presidential Radio Address - 22 November 1986
• Presidential Radio Address - 27 November 1993
• Presidential Radio Address - 26 November 1994
• Presidential Radio Address - 25 November 1995
• Presidential Radio Address - 23 November 1996
• Presidential Radio Address - 29 November 1997
• Presidential Radio Address - 28 November 1998
• Presidential Radio Address - 27 November 1999
• Presidential Radio Address - 24 November 2001
• Presidential Radio Address - 29 November 2003
• Presidential Radio Address - 27 November 2004
• Presidential Radio Address - 26 November 2005
• Presidential Radio Address - 25 November 2006
• Presidential Radio Address - 24 November 2007
• Presidential Radio Address - 26 November 2008
• Presidential Weekly Address - 28 November 2009
• Presidential Weekly Address - 25 November 2010
• Presidential Weekly Address - 24 November 2011
• Presidential Weekly Address - 22 November 2012
• Presidential Weekly Address - 28 November 2013
• Presidential Weekly Address - 27 November 2014
• Presidential Weekly Address - 25 November 2015
• Presidential Weekly Address - 24 November 2016
• Presidential Weekly Address - 23 November 2017
• Presidential Weekly Address - 22 November 2018

Presidential proclamations

• Proclamation 508
• Proclamation 2062
• Proclamation 2107
• Proclamation 4333
• Proclamation 4537
• Proclamation 4607
• Proclamation 4693
• Proclamation 4803
• Proclamation 4883
• Proclamation 4979
• Proclamation 5098
• Proclamation 5269
• Proclamation 5412
• Proclamation 5551
• Proclamation 5608
• Proclamation 5687
• Proclamation 5844
• Proclamation 6073
• Proclamation 6229
• Proclamation 6380
• Proclamation 6394
• Proclamation 6508
• Proclamation 6625
• Proclamation 6751
• Proclamation 6849
• Proclamation 6954
• Proclamation 7052
• Proclamation 7148
• Proclamation 7255
• Proclamation 7381
• Proclamation 7504
• Proclamation 7628
• Proclamation 7738
• Proclamation 7739
• Proclamation 7849
• Proclamation 7963
• Proclamation 8085
• Proclamation 8322
• Proclamation 9678

Presidential turkey pardons

• 42nd Annual National Thanksgiving Turkey presentation, 1989 by George Herbert Walker Bush (Millie)
• 43rd Annual National Thanksgiving Turkey presentation, 1990 by George Herbert Walker Bush (Tom)
• 44th Annual National Thanksgiving Turkey presentation, 1991 by George Herbert Walker Bush
• 45th Annual National Thanksgiving Turkey presentation, 1992 by George Herbert Walker Bush
• 46th Annual National Thanksgiving Turkey presentation, 1993 by William Jefferson Clinton
• 47th Annual National Thanksgiving Turkey presentation, 1994 by William Jefferson Clinton
• 48th Annual National Thanksgiving Turkey presentation, 1995 by William Jefferson Clinton
• 49th Annual National Thanksgiving Turkey presentation, 1996 by William Jefferson Clinton
• 50th Annual National Thanksgiving Turkey presentation, 1997 by William Jefferson Clinton
• 51st Annual National Thanksgiving Turkey presentation, 1998 by William Jefferson Clinton
• 52nd Annual National Thanksgiving Turkey presentation, 1999 by William Jefferson Clinton (Harry)
• 53rd Annual National Thanksgiving Turkey presentation, 2000 by William Jefferson Clinton (Jerry)
• 54th Annual National Thanksgiving Turkey presentation, 2001 by George Walker Bush (Freedom and Liberty)
• 55th Annual National Thanksgiving Turkey presentation, 2002 by George Walker Bush (Katie)
• 56th Annual National Thanksgiving Turkey presentation, 2003 by George Walker Bush (Stars and Stripes)
• 57th Annual National Thanksgiving Turkey presentation, 2004 by George Walker Bush (Biscuits and Gravy)
• 58th Annual National Thanksgiving Turkey presentation, 2005 by George Walker Bush (Marshmallow and Yam)
• 59th Annual National Thanksgiving Turkey presentation, 2006 by George Walker Bush (Flyer and Fryer)
• 60th Annual National Thanksgiving Turkey presentation, 2007 by George Walker Bush (May and Flower)
• 61st Annual National Thanksgiving Turkey presentation, 2008 by George Walker Bush (Pumpkin and Pecan)
• 62nd Annual National Thanksgiving Turkey presentation, 2009 by Barack Hussein Obama (Courage and Carolina)
• 63rd Annual National Thanksgiving Turkey presentation, 2010 by Barack Hussein Obama (Apple and Cider)
• 64th Annual National Thanksgiving Turkey presentation, 2011 by Barack Hussein Obama (Liberty and Peace)
• 65th Annual National Thanksgiving Turkey presentation, 2012 by Barack Hussein Obama (Cobbler and Gobbler)
• 66th Annual National Thanksgiving Turkey presentation, 2013 by Barack Hussein Obama (Popcorn and Caramel)
• 67th Annual National Thanksgiving Turkey presentation, 2014 by Barack Hussein Obama (Mac and Cheese)

Reference works

• "Thanksgiving Day," in Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed., 1911)
• "Thanksgiving Day," in Catholic Encyclopedia, (ed.) by Charles G. Herbermann and others, New York: The Encyclopaedia Press (1913)
• "Thanksgiving Day," in The New Student's Reference Work, Chicago: F.E. Compton and Co. (1914)

Others

• Letter to Abraham Lincoln from Sarah Josepha Hale, 1863
• Letter to William H. Seward from Sarah Josepha Hale, 1864