The History Of Thanksgiving & Black Friday at Surdyke
With Thanksgiving tomorrow, many people are in the kitchen getting their feast ready for tomorrow. However, do you know why we are celebrating Thanksgiving? You may know about how the Pilgrims were celebrating their first successful and invited the Indians to join in the festivities, but there is a lot more to how Thanksgiving became what it is today. The best ATV dealer at the Lake of the Ozarks shares some little-known facts about the history of Thanksgiving. Did You Know? It may have been a while since your last history lesson on Thanksgiving, so here is a brief video from The History Channel explaining how Thanksgiving began with a few fun facts you may not have known. Fun Facts About The History Of Thanksgiving - Turkey was not on the menu during the first Thanksgiving instead, they ate deer, duck, goose and shellfish. - Thanksgiving did not become an annual event until nearly 200 years after the "first Thanksgiving." - Franklin D. Roosevelt briefly mov...