DECK THE HOLIDAY'S

   The ship ' Mayflower ' has played a very significant role in the history of Thanksgiving, because it was the historic ship that took the Pilgrims to America in 1620. The pilgrims were basically the fortune hunters, bound for the resourceful 'New World'. And the 'Mayflower' was a small ship crowded with men, women and children besides the sailors on board. The first record available about the ship 'Mayflower' is somewhere in 1609. At that time it was a merchant ship, which traveled to Baltic ports, most notably Norway.    At that time, that is around 1609, Christopher Nichols, Richard Child, Thomas Short, and Christopher Jones owned the Mayflower. The weight of this ship was about 180 tons and it rested in Harwich. Initially this ship was employed for the purpose of transportation of goods such as tar, lumber, fish and possibly some Greenland whaling. But later on this ship was employed in Mediterranean wine and spice trading.    In ...

  On Thanksgiving, more than any other day of the year, Americans sit down and eat the same meal as their neighbors and countrymen. It’s tradition, after all! But we know our  history: most of the Thanksgiving dishes we enjoy today weren’t at the original Pilgrims’ feast in 1621, or at least not in the way we enjoy them. How did we come up with the modern menu on so many tables? 1. Candied Sweet Potatoes    Sweet potatoes are native to the Americas and their consumption goes back about 5,000 years, so it is no wonder they are associated with the American holiday, even though the Pilgrims didn’t have them in Massachusetts. But when did we start adding sugar to make them even sweeter than they are? T he earliest recipe found is from 1889, in which sweet potatoes are made into candy. “ The candied sweet potato is a Philadelphia confectionery. It is nothing but sweet potatoes carefully boiled and quartered, then candied in boiling syrup, but it is sa...

    Veterans Day   is an official   United States   federal holiday   that is observed annually on November 11, honoring people who have served in the   U.S. Armed Forces , also known as   veterans . It coincides with other holidays including   Armistice Day   and  Remembrance Day , which are celebrated in other parts of the world and also mark the anniversary of the end of   World War I   (major hostilities of World War I were formally ended at the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month of 1918, when the   Armistice with Germany   went into effect). The United States also originally observed Armistice Day; it then evolved into the current Veterans Day holiday in 1954.    Veterans Day is not to be confused with Memorial Day; Veterans Day celebrates the service of all U.S. military veterans, while Memorial Day is a day of remembering the men and women who gave their lives an...