Sure you have an understanding of how Thanksgiving came to be, but do you know what made the holiday what it is today? From the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade to three televised football games to the U.S. President pardoning a turkey, here is a list of fun facts profiling Thanksgiving through the decades. From 1621 all the way through 2015, a lot has happened between that first feast between the pilgrims and the Wampanoag.
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