Americans love
old
things
.
They
like
to
visit
historic
houses
and
museums
,
they
the
same
At
time,
rebuild
but
are
come
old places
and
remember the early days
of their country. They are
interested in old traditions,
they
good at
making new traditions too.
The people of the United
States
from many
different places in the world. In one city you can find people
whose parents or great-grandparents came from Africa, Asia,
South America, and every European country. These different
people brought to their new land their traditions and their
lifestyle.
Americans have a lot of festivals of the Old World, but there
American festivals and traditions as well. For
example, Thanksgiving is an American holiday.
The tradition goes back to the year 1621 when they decided
to have a thanksgiving dinner for all the people. They wanted
to thank God for many things.
It was a difficult year, but the people still had food to eat.
They also wanted to thank the American Indians who helped
them.
Today Americans have Thanksgiving dinner on the fourth
Thursday of November. They usually eat turkey and sweet
potatoes. Thanksgiving is the day when families get together.
are
new
