Fun Fact:
Honest Abe Lincoln made Thanksgiving a Holiday. *Squanto, Miles Standish and all that narrative
He also must have liked the idea of a Northern Origin Story for America based on 1620 Plymouth Rock
In contrast to the 1607 Virginia Origin Story at Jamestown, further South that got Williamsburg growing
That pesky Secessionist state across the river from D.C. over at Arlington House, waving that flag with their "commonwealth motto" at the feet of the cartoonish character depicted upon it.
We as a nation have much to be thankful and grateful for, to reflect upon annually.