While the world over people celebrate the harvest, Thanksgiving in the United States is a unique event. Includes recipe for "PhilPa's Cranberry & Peach Preserves."

"All across the world, among hundreds of cultures, over centuries, people have come together to give thanks. But in America, we didn't have an official Thanksgiving holiday until the 1800s. The holiday Americans know today exists because of a woman named Sarah Josepha Hale, a spirited letter-writing campaign, a sympathetic president, and a civil war."--