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<div id='article-page'><div id='article-content' data-media-url='//news-app-staging.s3.amazonaws.com' data-base-url='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/3808/tgv.wav' data-capture-url='//staging.analytics.lingraphica.com/events/capture_news' data-article-title='Activists, Business Leaders -- Not Pilgrims -- Created Americas Thanksgiving' data-article-id='4351'><script src='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/javascripts/getscripts.js'></script><link rel='stylesheet' href='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/stylesheets/article.css' type='text/css' /><div class='article'><p><span data-start-time='0' data-end-time='5646'>Forget what you learned about the Thanksgiving holiday in the United States.</span> <span data-start-time='5646' data-end-time='15708'>It did not begin with the Pilgrims and Indians in 1621, when English settlers invited Native Americans to dinner.</span> <span data-start-time='15708' data-end-time='24500'>And Abraham Lincoln was not the first U.S. president to call for a national day of Thanksgiving.</span> <span data-start-time='24500' data-end-time='32583'>Instead, says historian Penny Colman, the origins of the holiday are more complex.</span> <span data-start-time='32583' data-end-time='41563'>They are rooted in ancient traditions, one woman’s activism, and political and business interests.</span> <span data-start-time='41563' data-end-time='45833'>Colman wrote the book “Thanksgiving: The True Story.”</span> <span data-start-time='45833' data-end-time='55250'>She explains that people around the world have held harvest festivals and days of thanksgiving for centuries.</span> <span data-start-time='55250' data-end-time='63563'>Usually leaders called for a day of thanksgiving after winning a battle or surviving a difficult time.</span> <span data-start-time='63563' data-end-time='74500'>In 1789, U.S. President George Washington called for a national day of thanksgiving during his first year in office.</span> <span data-start-time='74500' data-end-time='78708'>He did not say anything about Pilgrims and Indians.</span> <span data-start-time='78708' data-end-time='84354'>Instead, he urged Americans to thank God for their new government.</span> </p></div><div class='control-buttons-sticky' style='display:none;'><div class='control-buttons'><button title='Back' class='back' disabled='disabled'></button><button title='Play' class='play' disabled='disabled'></button><button title='Pause' class='pause' style='display:none;'></button><button title='Forward' class='forward' disabled='disabled'></button><button class='finished-reading' style='display:none;'>Done</button></div></div></div><div id='article-media'><div id='media-image'><img src='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/3808/tgv.jpg'/></div></div><div id='question-content' style='display:none;'><div class='vocabulary_question question-container' data-question-id=14130 data-hint-location='24500' style='display:none;'><div class='question' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/3808/what_does_origin_mean.wav'>What does origin mean?</div><div class='choices' data-correct-choice='source or cause'><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/3808/traditional_event.wav'><span>traditional event</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/3808/source_or_cause.wav'><span>source or cause</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/3808/harvest_celebration_.wav'><span>harvest celebration </span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/3808/more_complex.wav'><span>more complex</span></div></div></div><div class='multiple_choice_question question-container' data-question-id=14131 data-hint-location='63563' style='display:none;'><div class='question' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/3808/which_president_called_for_a_day_of_thanksgiving.wav'>Which president called for a day of thanksgiving?</div><div class='choices' data-correct-choice='Washington'><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/3808/lincoln.wav'><span>Lincoln</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/3808/jefferson.wav'><span>Jefferson</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/3808/roosevelt.wav'><span>Roosevelt</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/3808/washington.wav'><span>Washington</span></div></div></div><div class='sentence_completion_question question-container' data-question-id=14132 data-hint-location='24500' style='display:none;'><div class='question' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/3808/the_origins_of_the_holiday_are__blank_.wav'>The origins of the holiday are <span class='blank'>complex</span>.</div><div class='choices' data-correct-choice='complex'><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/3808/common.wav'><span>common</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/3808/complex.wav'><span>complex</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/3808/incomplete.wav'><span>incomplete</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/3808/considerable.wav'><span>considerable</span></div></div></div><div class='question-buttons'><button class='skip-button'></button><button class='hint-button'></button><button class='speak-button'></button></div></div></div>
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