Thanksgiving day is celebrated because in 1620 Squanto a native made friend of the colonizers and Squanto teached how to cultive corn and other things to the colonizers. The colonizers made friends with others natives with the helped of Squanto. So in 1621 Brandfor said the idea of thanksgiving.
In 1623 this party was not celebrated very much. In 1789 George Washington had a agree with the congress to celebrated the Thanksgiving day. So the 26 of November of 1789 is a nacional party of United Staes of America
There are Thanksgiving parades in many other cities, including:
Chicago, Illinois (McDonald's Thanksgiving Parade)
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, claims to be the oldest parade, launched in 1920.
Plymouth, Massachusetts, held the Saturday before Thanksgiving
Houston, Texas.
El Paso, Texas.
St. Louis, Missouri
Detroit, Michigan
Seattle, Washington
Fountain Hills, Arizona
Stamford, Connecticut, held the Sunday before Thanksgiving, designed as a complement to the Macy's parade
Nicollet Mall, Minneapolis, Minnesota, a series of parades that begin the Friday after Thanksgiving
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (Celebrate the Season Parade)
Los Angeles, California (Hollywood Christmas Parade)
Charlotte, North Carolina
