On 20 Nov, 12:34, Jim Kelley wrote:
art wrote:
Have a happy harvest festival, the name assigned
before the Americans changed the name. I wonder when
the word "thanksgiving" came into being?

http://showcase.netins.net/web/creat...hes/thanks.htm

73, jk

Interesting. My first observance of Harvest festival when my church
had products that had been harvested from the earth on every surface
that was flat. These products were given to the poor who lived rent
free
on grounds owned by the church. At the same time King George dished
out
special coins known as "Maunday" money since he was head of the
Church of England
courtesy of Henry VIII.Since it was puritans that first settled in
America
I suspect that the church function was also connected to the Catholic
church
heritage. Looks like Lincoln rolled it into one celebration after the
Civil War
tho it is suggestive that the church holiday was in position before
then
but with the name unknown.
Thanks JK
Art