2017 Thanksgiving Greetings

A keepsake section of Thanksgiving Greetings Published as supplement to the:

Cottage Grove Sentinel November 23, 2016

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What I'm Thankful for....

Brought to you by local 5th grade students

Dorena I am thankful for: I love my mom and dad and my brother.

My mom makes food for me.

My dad helps me on my homework. My brother plays with me. My family loves me.

Daniel Wiley, Age 10 I am thankful for my family because they put a roof over my head. I'm thankful for my fmaily because they love me.

I'm thankful for my family because they feed me. I love my family.

Jimi Wilson, Age 11 I am thankful for my mom that love's me and care's about me.

She is very nice to me, I love her. I'm thankful to have a roof over my head and food and water. I'm thankful for people that care about me and help me through my problems. They are loving and caring. I'm thankful for all my friend's and family that loves me and I love them.

They are the best.

Bayleigh Reiser, Age 10 I am thankful for the military.

My grandpa was in the military.

I am thankful for all the active soldiers in war because they fight for us.

Garett Backman, Age 9 I am thankful for my friends and family. I am thankful for the military and how they protect us and fight for us. I am thankful for my cousin who served in the military. I am thankful for the roof over my head and the food I have.

Kaitlyn June Rogers, Age 10 I am thankful for the military that fights for us. Im thankful that I have food, water, and shelter. I'm thankful that I have a family and friends that care for me. I'm also thankful that I have a life to live and its all because of veterans. Thank you to all the veterans out there.

Irelynn Quatier, Age 10 I am thankful for my family and friends. They make me happy every day. They also help me when I need help with math or homework. They always play with me. That is what I like about them.

Makayla Lott, Age 11 I am thankful for all of the soldiers that fight for us. I am thankful to the veterans for serving our country. I am thankful for all of the soldiers and the veterans because they protect our country.

Jodeyn Miller, Age 10 I am thankful for the military.

I like that they keep us safe.

We have smart willed soldiers that fight for us. I thank you for keeping us safe.

Mathew Henry, Age 10 I am thankful for my friends and family friends. They're always there for me like I am there for them. My family keeps food in my belly. I am also thankful for my friends who are also there for me K. P., Age 11 I am thankful for all the veterans that have served this nation.

You have kept America safe. I appreciate what you have done.

Derrick Bloomstrom, Age 11 I am thankful for the fields and water and for all the brave soldiers that serve our country and protect all of us that live in it. I am thankful for the food we eat and all teh water we drink.

Tessa Valenti, Age 11

Latham I am thankful for many things, but I will tell you a few and why. First I am thankful for my family. My family is kind, and they take care of me. I have one sister, one brother, one mom and one dad. 2nd, I’m thankful for school. School helps me learn the things I need to know.

I also get kind, genoris, and loving teachers, and friends.

Third, I am thankful for food and water, it helps my family friends and I live. Last but not least I’m thankful for God. God is creative. He created people and animals and earth. Soon God will come back to earth and save us. I told you many things I’m thankful for, what are you thankful for?

Natalie Crivello Age 10 I am thankful for getting to see my family at Thanksgiving.

Play with family at Thanksgiving. I thankful to have this fun family to be with everyday. I wish I could be with my family evey miute of my life. I’m all so thankful for my friends and life it I did not have a life I would be sad for a long time.

I’m thankful for evey thing in my life and the earth!

Madison H. Age 10 I am thankful for the house I live in, and the food and water on the table. I am also very thankful for books and electricity. Also, I am very thankful for my family and friends. I’m super, extremely grateful for summer break and weekends.

I am also thankful for school, and coats or sweatshirts. I am very thankful for video games too! All in all, there are a lot of things in this world that I am grateful and thankful for, and this is only a small list (emphasis on “small”). One more thing I am grateful for, are my…

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Kellen H. Age 10 Learning how to prepare a Thanksgiving feast. First, the vary day before cook your turkey, and prepare dough and pie for desert. The day of Thanksgiving day put out snacks like cheese. Also make salads. Buy all of this ahead of time please.

Salad spoils quickly. So buy it two days before, so it won’t spoil. Remember desert is optional. You choose if you want it. Have a happy Thanksgiving.

Laura I am thankful for many things.

I am thankful for my family, friends, holidays, animals, learning, movies, people and food. Everyone should be thankful! Thanksgiving is a wonderful experience! I hope you agree. Have a nice Thanksgiving!

Ava Tucker Age 10

I am thankful for all of the people out there enjoying Thanksgiving this year! I think Thanksgiving is the perfect holiday, becides Cristmass, to get to gether for a party with family. Also I myself is ver thankful for the moms and dads to make a feast every year! It surprises me to think of how much parents have to cook, from gravey to turkey, it seems like too much to handle. That’s why I hope your thankful for food, family and Thanksgiving.

And I hope you have a awesome Thanks Giving!

Farah Strickland Age 10 I am thankful for my family and friends, the food I eat, the school I go to and the life I get.

Abigale Lloys Age 10 I am thankful for my family and the food that is layd in front of me evry thanksgiving day. I am also thankful for my best friends and my home, my animols incloding my dog. I am thankful for my classmates and the people who have ben nice to me all of these years. I am thankful for a lot of things but I am mostly thankfol for my family that loves me and cars for me.

Rebecca Tiffee Age 10 I am thankful for the people that provide money for education, muisc, P.E and bark for our track. Thank you people of Cottage Grove Oregon for all the town is and all it will be.

Thank you for everything.

Cole Bentley Age 11 I am thankful for the food I get and wonderful people I share it with. Also I’m happy to thank tha people who sellibrat it whith me and my frinds and family.

Naomi Moulton Age 10

Bohemia I am thankful for my family, friends, and school. Also, I'm thankful for food, water, a house. Even if you don't have that stuff, still be thankful for what you have. I'm thankful for my mom picking me up, after school. I'm also thankful for the trips I have been on with my family. I'm thankful for the games I have. Also, I'm thankful for living. Even, if people don't have these things be glad your alive! I'm very thankful having a bed to sleep on. Also, thankful for having a tv and a couch. I'm thankful for my 2 cats. Also, very very thankful for everything I have had in my life.

Ben McKenzie, Age 10 I am thankful for my whole life. I am thankful for my family and friends, my teacher and all my educators for helping me learn. I will grow up smart and full of knowledge. I am thankful for my house and having a roof over my head. Too come home with some one wating to see me. The joy of having friends to play with. I am thankful for my parents to have jobs. So we can eat and have colthes, and my shoes. That is what im thankful for.

Jace Meyer, Age 10

May your season be bright with joy and your Thanksgiving be warm with smiles!

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I am thankful for my family and every morning I get to wake up to my family. I am thankful for food and drinks.

When I'm upstairs and my mom is cooking dinner, I smell that yummy food. I am thankful to have friends and a great teacher and pricipal. I am thankful for my clothes, my warm clothes.

I am thankful a house. I know I don't show it but am very thankful for what I hav Shayla Mendez, Age 10 I am thankful for my mom for working so hard just to cook dinner for everyone in our family. I feel so sorry for her because, she is the only one who cooks in the house. My dad does know how to cook a little. My sisters don't know how to cook. I do not know how to cook. My little brother doesn't know how to cook. So yeah, my mom is the only one who can cook. She has to work and cook for everyone in my family.

Justice Barlow, Age 11 I am thankful for my brother Clayton, because he was always their for me. H was always played with me he. also let me now secrets I also told him mine. He always thinking and caring about me.

In my worald he's a hero he means everything to me. then ther's my friend and cousin.

Levi's my cousin I was happy. that he was happy to see me all the time. We played aroud playing game a lot. I was extied that we made, a fort I called it fried's hunt, we would play for hours with it.

Eli Felix, Age 10 I am thankful for haveing a Familey, a house, Food, and For haveing a pet guinea pig.

I am thankful for a good and cool big familey. I am thankful for lot's of things like how we have light at Day to play, and Darkness at Night to go to sleep. Im thankfull for video games, school, T.V., and for a cool world. I am Thakfull for omost everey thing.

Nicholas Brambila, Age 10 I am thankful for my parents for all thay have done for me and sacrifices they have made for me. I am thankful for my pet's and all the love they give me. I am thankful for god and all hes done for me. I wouldent be hear without him. I am thankful for friends and all the tough times they have gotten me thrgh. I am thankful for Cottage Grove and all of the oppertunites this town has to offer. I am thankful for America the land of the free the home of the brave. I am thankful for all the pepole that serve this country.

Pearl Powell, Age 10 I am thankful for many things, Like my family. I am thankful that they can put a roof over my head head and food in my mouth. I am also thankful for the people that go onto enemy soil and fight for our freedom and rights. I am also very thankful that we can follow Christiananty. I also thankful and grateful of how the founding fathers have made this country and with respect. Also

I'm thankful for Jesus sacrifie.

Colton Hurley, Age 11 I am thankful for my parents because they know what’s best for me and because they work hard to pay where we live.

Also, they work hard for food and clothes. I am glad I can go to school because some kids are really poor and they can’t go to school. Also, they don’t have and they barely have clothes.

It is sad to think about it. I am also thankful for God because he gave us life and he gave us every thing need.

Adyley Portillo Age 10 I am thankful for my family and the roof over my head. But I’m sad Because so meny familys are home less. It’s extremile sad that that some People don’t even care that maybe a 9 Month old baby just died. I Just Hope in all my heart that they find homes. I love that some people care about homeless people and give money or fund rasie. But orphans I Hope for the most of all. Because the parents abandon them or they Die. It’s so sad that they have to live on the streets or in a living with leaks and coachroach’s and moldy food. But I Just Hope in all my heart that they find familys that love and care for. I Loved and cared for that’s all I care about. I love my aunts, uncles, gramas, gram’pa’s, mom’s, dads, brother’s, sisters. I love them all and they love me.

Jack Stanley Age 10 I am thankful for my mom because She is really nice and I love her. I’m thankfull for food an shelter. I am thankfull for school. I am thankful for my uncle Michael, he is the best. I am thankfull for my dog roody.

I am thankful for my teacher mrs olsen. I am thankfull for my bestfriend Jack. I am thankfull for clothes and shoes and socks.

Jaedon Lindsay Age 10 I am thankful for my mom and my grandma. They both pay the bill of my house every month.

They also give us food and water. We also get light and tv.

And a bed. Also clean shirts clean pants clean towals. We also get W.I.F.I and something over our heads like a house and jackets. I’am thankful of my mom, grandma, and my sisters(little bit with my sisters). I’am thankful of my t.v. internet and light.

Jose Garcia Age 11 I am thankful for all my family and friends because they are always there for me when I am sad, need help or when I just plain need someone to play with. Special thank to my stepmom: Jenelle. Jenelle has been there when my mom or dad haven’t. She cooks cleans

and takes care of a baby/todder’s and somehow still finds time for me and my sisters.

Thank you Jenelle. Another very special thanks to my mom.

I love my mom. She is like a diary. I can tell her stuff and she wont go around t4elling everyone. I know I can trust my mom with my secrets or anything I have on my mind.

When my dad couldnt pick us up or drop us off my mom did.

The next person I would like to thank is my stepdad: Ben. Ben takes care of when my mom is gone or at work. He shared his truck with my mom when she lost her car in a accident. You are the best stepdad a girl could ask for. Thank you Ben. Finally I thank my dad. He is the best dad in the whole entire world.

He goes to work to put a roof over our heads, so every body has a cellphone and clothes on our backs for school. I cannot express with words or writing how much I love you and am thankful for you. Thanks a ton.

By: Madie Bates Madie Bates Age 11 I am thankful for having a good family and a good home that provides us with food and water and warmth. I am thankfull fore my family because they are loving and sweet. I love our house because it is warm and cosy and we have lot of money to by our groceries. I am thankfull for having a nice bed and nice food.

Elijah Ozbun Age 10 I am thankful for my mom and Julie and my dad Josh. If it wasent for them I wouldn’t be alive. I Love them so much for that! I want to thank them for paying for me to play football.

Thanks mom and dad I love you guy’s so much. I also want to thank them for keeping a roof over my head. Also for buying me cloths and shoes and the stuff that I need. Also for getting me school supplies, a water bottle and a backpack for school. Also for saving a cat for me and bringing it home to me.

I named her Princess and I love her. I Love you mom and dad so much you don’t even know.

Love you Samantha Chastain Age 10 I am thankful for my mom because she pays the bills makes food and buys clothes and things my family needs. I’m thankful for education because some people don’t or can’t get education. I’m thankful for my friends because there here to help me through hard times an just being there for me. I’m thankful for the thing’s my family has the money to pay for like food and clothes because you need you need food and it’s good for you. I’m thankful for being able to have good food that is healthy. I’m thankful for

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What I'm thankful for....cont. not having bad or mean people that hate on me. I’m thankful for having a great teacher trough out my life because they are nice and supporting Qavah-Tillilie Age 10 I am thankful for my parents because I would have never been born. I’m also thankful for my parents because they love me and I love them. I’m thankful for my education because some kids have to work instead of going to school in Guatemala. I’m thankful for everything that I have because I know kids don’t have what I do. I am thankful for my life and everything that my mom gives me. I am thankful for my family and what my mom does for us. I’m basically thankful for everything. I’m thankful for you reading what I’m thankful for.

Emely Vanessa Agustin Avila (or EVAA) Age 10 I am thankful for my house, toys and the food that I get to eat every day. I am very lucky for the roof over my head. I am thankful for my mom and my 2dad’s Sammy and James. Also my sister and my brothers. I love that I get to have a family, clothes, shoes and clean water that I get to have. I am very lucky for a school that teaches me and for the greatest teacher ever. I care so much about the Privellages that I have. I know that I am very lucky to have what I do. Even though other People don’t have what I do I still try to help.

Emmalea Cooley Age 10 I am thankful for I am thankfull for getting so much food: like mash poto-toes Turkey and gravy. My dad gets the turkey all the time. Because he always brings a gun in the wild. I am also thankfull for my mom. She gets my sisters away from me.

Also my brother which lives in Springfied. He lets me play his xbox. Even I have an xbox one.

Hunter Crum Age 10 I am thankful for my mom and dad because they do so much foor me and my sisters. Like how my dad gets fire wood so we can make fires when

it is could, and mom makes Lunches and cleans the house.

I do not know what I would do if I did not have them. I am also thankful for my food and the meals my family and I get. I am thankful for those’s as well as a roof over my head and a nice big house. I am thankful for my family and I’s dog Dixie who is a standard poodle. Dixie is a very very good dog and, she doe’s not shed. As well as all these thing’s I am also thankful for my sisters Emmy and Cally even though I don’t always get along with them. Emmy is 9 and in 3rd grade, Cally is 5 and in preschool.

Payton Bickford Age 10

didn’t go to school. Not only that, how would you learn the a, b, c’s if it weren’t for preschool. I wouldn’t be writing this paper without school.

That’s because I wouldn’t know how to write. How do you think you mad3e most of your friends? School. So, next time you think twice about saying school stinks. Also, your families are the ones who feed you, who pay for you, who bring you places. I am thankful for that. A lot of people don’t have a family. When you need it most, they’re there for you, always. Aren’t you thankful for that? I am also thankful for water, and being able to find it where ever you go. People in other places have to go miles and miles just to get it. We have to walk two feet to the sink. I am thankful these things. They mean a lot to me.

Heidi Genthner Age 10

I am thankful for going to school because some kids can’t. I’m also thankful to be well educated and get excellent grades in school. I’m thankful to have a big house and food on the table every day. I’m thankful to be able to play sports all year and active every day. I’m thankful to also be able to go to restraunts some days and not just at home. I’m thankful to go on big trips like to Disney Land. The thing that I’m most thankful for is a warm home and a wonderful family.

Eli Williams Age 11

I am thankful for having a mom that loves me so much, same with my dad. Having a house is a privillage, some kids don’t have a house. That why we help people that don’t have a home.

My family is the best I could ask for. I am thankful for my school because it is a privillage.

I am thankful for my teacher Ms. Olsen because she help me cath up on work and not to be sad all the time.

Rylan Springer Age 10

I am thankful for my home because I have some thing to live in. I am thankful for my food because it keeps me healthy and satisfied. I am thankful for my clothes because it keeps me warm. I am thankful for my family because they have always supported me. I am greatful to go to school and learn new things. I am thankful for my gas, light and whater because without it it would be hard to do natural things like, cooking, driving, and showering. I am thankful for my 7 month old baby brother. I am thankful for every thing I own and have.

Liliana Corrales Age 11

I am thankful for having two sets of parents because most people don’t have what I have.

I am Also thankful for having food and water because some kids do not have food or water.

I am thankful for having a careing mom and dad. Also a step dad and step mom. They are all very loving to me all the time. Also I am thankful for all there hard work and AwesomeNess. I love the way they make the sunshine on a rainey day.

Finally I am thankful for them making time for me any day of the week. Thank you.

Jill Lowrey Age 10

I am thankful for going to school, because education is important. You need to learn math, reading, science if you want a good job. I think you would only know that if you

I am thankful for my dad because he will teach me math problems I don’t know. My dad’s name is Ed and he drives

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I am thankful for my mom and dad working all the time and buying me everything. I am thankful for my life and everything I have. I am thankful for my friends that will do anything for me. I am thankful for food an drinks. I am thankful for all technology. I am thankful for books, paper and penciles. Last but not least I am thankful for Basketball, Football, and just any sports or activitys.

Benjamin Loveland Age 10 I am thankful for haveing a good family that lovs me so so much and I love them too. I am also thankful to have a house and dogs I love so much. My dad works so hard to keep the house clean I am so thankful about that. I am thankful to have a awesome mom and dad. I am thankful for haveing a nice place to sleep in. I am also thankful to have a loveing grama that will take care fo me when I need her the most. I am thankful to have a big sister that I love so much.

Ashley Bowling Age 10 I am thankful for my grandparents because they always go out of their way to pick me up from school. I am also thankful for my mom dad and brother they will always do what I need them to. I am thankful for having shelter and school in my life. Another thing I am thankful for is having hot water, clothes and shoes. I am also thankful for my whole class and teacher, they always stick up for me.

Haley Trullinger Age 10 I am thankful for my dad because he works for us and so we can have a house, food, cars, phones, and so we can go to school. I am thankful for my mom because she makes dinner, buys us clothes, and cleans are house when it’s messy. I am thankful for my friends because they are always there when I

need them and they comfort me when I am mad so I don’t go hurt someone. I am thankful for my grand parents because they know what you need when you need it. They also are so loveing when you are sick are upset and your family can’t help. Last I am thankful for my aunt’s, uncle’s, and cousins for remembering me and calling me every once and awhile. Also on my birthday you call and send me and my family gifts and I am very thankful for that.

Cole Kishen Age 11

me and love me very much. I don't know what I would do without everyone of my family members. When I get hurt or sick they take care of me. My family means the world to me and if there was anything that I could do for them if They ever got hurt. I would let them stay at my house until they could go home. I am thankful that I have a family and that they care for me and when they need me to take care of them. I will be there for them.

Taylor Vaughn, Age 10

I am thankful for is having a house to protect me and confort me. I am also greatful for my mom who is an amazing person and sacrifices a lot for my family. I am greatful for so many things some I don’t even know about. I am greatful for electricity, and internet. I am really greatful for school to help me learn so I can go to college and get a good job. What I am most thankful for is family. No matter what you will still have family that isn’t something you can replace.

Connor Duke Age 10

I am thankful for my wonderful family, awsome friends, and my education. I will tell you why; one, my family loves and supports me. Two my friends lift me up and make me smile.

Finally three, my education is a big part in life, and you find yourself using it in every day life. Those are three of hundreds of things I am thankful for.

Zea Lopez, Age 11

I am thankful for a Mom and a wonderful brother Seth. I am thankful for a house and a place to have water and shelter.

I am for a mom that helps me with school work. I am happy to have two dogs and a house in the country. I am greatful for a boat and a family that has jobs and can pay for bills. I am so happy to have a nana and a papa that care for my family since they live next to us. I am thankful for my Dad that is nice to me and my brother Seth.

Where my dad lives is far away from where we live. He lives in Montana up in the rocky mountains. But at least he has Nancy and Riley and David to keep him compine. I am so thankful for having a wonderful life here in Cottage Grove Oregon and Townsend Montana.

Summer Lebow Age 10 I am thankful for my baby sister because she is special to me.

I’m thankful for my new fort because it is two stories high.

I’m thankful for haveing a great family. I’m thankful for a great life. I’m thankful for helping other People out at recess and to help them out. I’m thankful for having pet’s that I love.

I’m thankful for having a great class room and good teacher and friend.

Josh Prine Age 11 I am thankful for my teacher Mrs. Olsen because she is nice. She helps me and other students. In lass. I am thankful for my mom getting me a dog. I am thankful for my dad because he help me with my homework and heangs out with us.

Dayla Marie Rohr Age 11 I am thankful for my family because they take care of

I am thankful for my little brother and sister. I hope my aunt Sharla's dad is doing great in heaven. I am also thankful that none of my close friends or family have gone to go live in the world of afterlife - heaven.

I pray every night hoping that people in my family get healed from any sickness that they have. That is five reassons I have to be thankful for at thanks giving day. The end Nevaeh Smith, Age 10 I am thankful for my grandpa and grandma because we go to their house almost every Thanksgiving. Another thing I am thankful for is for my mom and dad for cooking the best meals every Thanksgiving. Another thing is the Army helping our world. I want to be a soldier too. More things that I am thankful for my friends, teachers and staff at Bohemia.

My first year at playing football was really fun even with my team mates. That was all the stuff I was thankful for.

Isaiah Cushman, Age 10 I am thankful for What im thankful for. Im thankful for having a family, and food and water, a roof over my head and my parents that care about me.

I am thankful for having pets and freinds that care about me.

I'm thankful for having a grate school great teachers, a Pig named Hampton, a dog Shiloh. Im thankful for a teacher named Miss Tina, Miss Basccue, also Miss Shipley. Im thankful for my football team, and my Baseball team, also my dad as the couch.

Matthew Binder, Age 10 I am thankful for my family because they rae so up building and considerate. Oh, and I just adore all my cousins. They are all so funny and when you are having a bad day they always wants to hear about it and

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anywere I need to go. I know he loves me so much. Now, I am also thankful for my mom.

Her name is Autumn and she is awesome. She’ll let me have friends over and always helps me with my birthdays. She is the best mom ever. I lover her a lot. Isaac is my brother, I am thankful for him too. When we want to we’ll play video games together. In fall time we Jump in big piles of leaves. When it comes to sisters I have 2. Ther names are Abby and Evvy. We all like to play together and watch t.v. Abby and I make up really funny jokes, and tell are mom. On the other hand Evvy and I play tag and make forts.

Buy be all like to sing and dance. I have food and a home.

There is so much that I have, and I am very happy with it. I have the best family ever that there could ever be. That’s what I’m thankful for.

Izzy Stere Age 10

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Thanksgiving we pause to count our blessings.

The freedom of this great country in which we live.

It’s opportunity for achievement.

The friendship and confidence you have shown in us.

For all of these things we are deeply thankful.

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How Civil War soldiers celebrated Thanksgiving in the field

BY TOM EMERY For the Sentinel

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s in most wars, the men of the Civil War found it excruciatingly difficult to be away from loved ones at holiday time. Thanksgiving was no exception.

The holiday itself has its roots in the Civil War. The first official proclamation declaring Thanksgiving as a national day of remembrance was issued by Abraham Lincoln in 1863, partly in honor of northern successes in the war that year. Lincoln designated the last Thursday in November “as a day of Thanksgiving and Praise.”

That year, Thanksgiving fell on the day after a crucial Union victory at the battle of Chattanooga. The previous year in late November, armies were on the march during the Fredericksburg and Vicksburg campaigns. Around Thanksgiving 1864, some Union forces were on the cusp of the bloody battle of Franklin, while others were marching to the sea with William T. Sherman.

Due to their harsh surroundings, many Civil War men in the field enjoyed only the most Spartan of celebrations. In Kewanee, Illinois, teenage sisters Tirzah and Sarah Vaill received a letter from their older brother, an Illinois infantryman, after Thanksgiving 1861 that described his holiday meal, “hard bread” and salt pork. He added that “during the day I thought of you at home having your nice dinners” and “wishing maybe

that you might present a plate to some of us soldiers filled with your own goodies.”

From his camp in Virginia that same year, Private Zebina Bickford of the 6th Vermont Infantry made the best of his day.

In a letter home, he mused that “you may think we are homesick today but it is not so,” mainly because of a care package sent from loved ones back in Vermont. The goodies consisted of “a box of clothing and a few knick-knacks consisting of eatables” that made “a very

27, 1862, he wrote that “there has been a surprise party here today for the benefit of soldiers and nurses.” The feast included “roast turkey, chicken, pigeon, and oysters stewed” along with “baked chicken, boiled potatoes, turnip, apple butter, and cheese butter.” Bean, though, lamented that he “cannot eat much without being sick.” He, too, would die months later.

Elsewhere that year, Federal soldiers stationed at Fort Pulaski, Ga. held their own “fete and festival.” The day’s events

"With tongue in cheek, he wrote that 'you can’t imagine what a lot of fine things we had for supper…a piece of sour bread and salt pork.' good thanksgiving for us.”

With tongue in cheek, he wrote that “you can’t imagine what a lot of fine things we had for supper…a piece of sour bread and salt pork.” However, he gleefully noted that “some of mother’s cookies and doughnuts that came in our box” made the evening memorable. It would be Bickford’s last Thanksgiving, as he died the following April 30.

The following year, Asa Bean, a doctor in the 114th Ohio, enjoyed greater tidings. On Nov.

included target practice and a rowing match, foot race, and hurdle sack race. Competitions involving a greased pole and a greased pig were also on the agenda, as was a “burlesque dress parade.”

In some cases, Thanksgiving was a time of spiritual reflection. On the first official installment of the holiday in 1863, Sewell Van Alstine, a soldier in the 95th Illinois, wrote in his diary that he “went to town” and “heard an excellent discourse by

an army chaplain at the Presbyterian Church.” He also wrote there was “no drill today,” a welcome respite.

In 1864, the Union League Club of New York City pleaded for donations of “cooked poultry and other proper meats” as well as “mince pies, sausages, and fruits” for men in the field. The call brought in some $57,000 in cash donations, as well as nearly 225,000 pounds of poultry and large quantities of cakes, gingerbread, pickles, apples, vegetables, and cheese.

One appreciative soldier saw the deeper meaning, writing that “it isn’t the turkey, but the idea that we care for.”

Others received far less. That year, Lewis Crater of the 50th Pennsylvania recorded in his diary that the Sanitary Commission “issued three fine apples to every man.” Despite the middling fare, Crater and others likely gave thanks that they had survived to see another Thanksgiving during the four bloodiest years in American history.

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Just ask the good folks at the Butterball Turkey Talk-Line, who for more than 30 years have provided a listening ear and helpful advice for bewildered holiday cooks. Some of their most memorable calls include a gentleman who, after bisecting his bird with a chainsaw, queried whether the oil from the chain would harm it, and a lady who needed instruction on thawing her gobbler -- which she had creatively frozen in a snowbank outside her house the night before. The call ended prematurely when she realized she wasn't sure which snowbank.

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Then again, as Jim McClarin demonstrated for Mother Earth News back in 1980, neither an oven nor a car engine is necessary to roast a piece of meat if you have a compost pile, which at its peak life cycle can reach an internal temperature of up to 170 F. After initial experiments with yogurt-turned-cheese and a hardboiled egg, McClarin took things a step farther with a roast (13 hours cooking time), and then a duck with orange juice and apricots (23 hours). Both efforts yielded delicious results, though the backyard chef took care to include a disclaimer that his "limited knowledge of microbiology" didn't permit him to recommend the method to others. Nevertheless, if done correctly, compost cooking is perfectly safe, according to a 2013 article on the subject in Bon Appetit magazine.

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How to prepare a Thanksgiving feast... juice, corn, and milk. Third cook all the food.

Fourth prepare the table with a table cloth, candles, the food and the drinks.

Fifth, invite all the guests into the house. Sixth, eat the food! Seventh, clean the food and drinks off the table.

Eighth, clean up the rest of the stuff on the table. Ninth ask all the guests to go home. Last, you are finished.

Everett Heegard, Age 10

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First you need a big table for your family. Then you get a chicken and you cook it. Donit forget the potatos!

Next you invite your family and eat!

Aiden Johnson Age 10 To start preparing the feast you should start off by washing your hands. After that you should put the turkey in the pan and cook it for approximetly 5 to 6 hours in the oven. Next you’ll want to start cooking your sides. You should cut up some patatos and mash them to make some mashed patatos. Then you should make some gravy for the patatos. After that you’ll want to cook vegetables of your choice. Now you have the dinner ready. After you cook the dinner your going to want to cook desert. So, you then want to cook pies and other deserts of your choice. You can have any drink you want at your thanksgiving feast. Once all of the food is prepared you get set the table and you and your family can start eating.

Taylor Zigler Age 10 How to start a Thanksgiving Feast.

First of all you get to wash your hands. Then you either get a chicken or a turkey and cook for 5 hours. Third you get some of your favorite food for me I like stuffing, mash potatos with gravy, and green beans. Once your done cooking the food, set the table with forks, spoons, napkins, knives, plates, and bowls make it pretty too.

Last but not least you can eat your delicious. That’s how I prepare a Thanksgiving Feast.

LaRissa Age 10 Hello and welcome to cooking with Gauge! Today folks’ I’m going to teach you how to make a perfect Thanksgiving dinner! So first you have to buy, or butcher a turkey. Then after you buy or butcher the turkey get some stuffings like corn, carrots, chicken and well stuffing. And after you do that put your turkey in the oven for about five or mabey six hour’s. The family and guests will have arrived with there food and you all can enjoy.

Stay tuned for more cooking with Gauge.

Gauge Gurney Age 10 A Thanksgiving meal is very good, but it takes a long time to cook. First you have to cook the main thing of Thanksgiving the turkey. The turkey takes the longest to cook it takes about

5 to 6 hours to cook. Secound, which is my favorite mash potatos and gravy.

Third to cook the perfect Thanksgiving meal you have to cook green beans or corn. Fourth you can also cook bacon wrapped asparagus. Then you set the table and have a good Thanksgiving.

Eryn Whisler Age 10

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There are many ways to have a Thanksgiving dinner, for example there is turkey, ham, meatloaf, and maybe fish. But today I will talk about my Thanksgiving dinner. My grandma will usually E-mail most of my family saying she will host Thanksgiving at her house. My dad always makes the 7-layer sald and my grandma makes the turkey. I help alot, it's so fun but I just really help my grandma. We get the turkey maybe about two days before Thanksgiving. Other family members make more delicious foods.

Well, I guess thats my Thanksgiving tradtion and you should write yours.

Brittney Lake, Age 10 Well first you have to get a turkey from the store. Then get the ingredients to drenched it in sauces. Then get the table ready for the gust or other people. Then you put it in the oven for 3 hours or you can smok it with a smoker and not the bad smokers.

Then you take it out put sauces on it then put it back for 1 hour. After that put apples inside it if you what, to my mom does it's really good. Lastly take it out and you can eat it

Logan Scott, Age 11 I am thankful for Food, water, A house, and having a good life. Some people don't have that stuff. I do, so I am Thankful for everything. So you be thankful for what you have too.

That's a life lesson. Even if you don't have stuff like me, Still be thankful!

Be glad you are alive. Food and water keeps you living. A house gives you shelter. Any shelter is better than no shelter. Having a good life keeps you having fun. Then again having a life is better than no life at all.

Logan Houck, Age 11 The first thing you have to do is set up the table. Next, you have to get the turkey. Then, you have to get the turkey ready for the oven. The fourth thing you have to do is bake the turkey and check it every now and then. After that, you have to round up some guests. Then you have to make potatoes and deviled eggs. Then you have to get your guests to go to the table you may need more than one table. Then you eat! Last you ask your guests if they want the left overs. That is how you prepare a Thanksgiving feast.

Payton Anlauf, Age 10 First to prepare a Thanksgiving Feast you need to get the family and or friends together. then you need to marinate the turkey. After that you can stuff the turkey and cook it. While its cooking you can make mashed potatoes and other side foods. Later you gather everyone at the dinner table to eat and talk.

For desert you can make or buy the pumpkin pie and ice cream. There is other ways to prepare a Thanksgiving feast, but this is my familys tradition.

Seazar Ibarra, Age 10 Today I will show you how to prepare a Thanksgiving Feast. First, get family and friends.

Second, get a turkey, stuffing, potatoes, cranberry

OK! OK! I know what you're thinking, "Why is she doing a story of how to prepare a Thanksgiving feast"?

Well, let me tell you, i'm sure there are people out there that don't know how to prepare a Thanksgiving feast!

OK! I am going to stop talking and tell you all how to prepare a Thanksgiving feast. I don't care how much you whine not even if you begged me, i'm telling you guys how to prepare a Thanksgiving feast. First you have to go to the market and buy yourself that delicious turkey. Next cook the turkey, make the filling and pumpkin pie and you are done just invite your friends and family!!!

Victoria Cervantes, Age 10 How to prepare a Thanksgiving Feast: First bye a turkey. Then flaver the + eacy stet 3 get flavor with butter , peppor salt stufing crem foods like stufuingcraber desmgand mey more step 6thththth3 in Lit pepole over filnokst, tavding setp 4 match tha aks ging game step 1 Trenton Lassiter, Age 10 The first thing I would do is get all the food ready and cooked. Then I would gather the whole family at one of the family member's house. Next, once everybody is there and the food is ready we would set the table. Eventually, once everybody was ready to eat we would pray. Finally, we would eat and have a delicious meal with rolls, turkey, cranberry sauce, potatoes, and more. After we eat all the kids would party and play games while the adults will talk and plan stuff, they will do the things aduts do. Next, once everybody says their goodbyes they will celebrate their Thanksgiving with their family. Now that's my opinion how to prepare for a Thanksgiving feast.

Brycen Cameron, Age 10 This is how I prepare for thanksgiving. I wake up and help make broccoli salad that has raisins and bacon and other suff in it. After I am done helping make the broccoli salad I get nicely dresst in a dress and nice shoos.

My mom dose my hair nicely. My sister dose the same thing. My brother gets nice cothes on and gets his hair.

After awhile we whent to my uncls house and help prepare some food for the thanksgiving feast. The suffthis we helped prepare gravie, stuffing, corn, treats and other stuff to. I play on the trampoline and run around while we wate for the thanksgiving feast to begen.

Aubrey Walley, Age 10 I would pair my thank giving feast would have a turkey, potato, corn, carrot and gravey. My directions would be turkey that is on. I would get to wach full metal Alchemist and thanksgiving shows or moves. Play chess or checkers but no dabbing al-

lowed but I will play only ofer game, then I would eat half of the turkey and the feast evey bit I would eat all but no left no crumbs left I made for my self I only give I'l of the food I will get 99'l would be mian and mane thing is salt than a 100 pound of salt just salt that would be thanksgiving feast I would made.

Dominic Dunn, Age 11 The way you prepare a feast is to set the table. 1. put a white cloth over the whole table. 2. put plates cups and silverware. 3. cook the turkey and the sides. 4. put the Food on the table. 5 Sit and por the citer. 6 pray. 7. eat. And now you can enjoy your thanksgiving with your family's and friends. And when your done have a nice pie and go sit by the fire and fall asleep to the loving music playin at your grandmas and grandpa's house.

Breonna McDonald, Age 10 I will perpare for the feast by, First I would find out who is coming and I would Invite friends. Second I would make a turky early in the morning so that I would not have to worry about it when relatives come. I would sit out cups that have turky's on it and the words "Thanksgiving" on it. Third I would get enough chairs out and a big table and get a thanksgiving tablecloth Because its thanksgiving. Then I would tell them they could come over but I would not make a schedule because the people might show up and I would not be done with thanksgiving preparation. Happy "Thanksgiving Alexendria Masters, Age 11 The first thing you need to do to prepare a thanksgiving feast is make the turkey. The second thing you do is get the supplies. The third thing you do is set up the decorations. Then you set up the table which means you light the candles, you put out the silverware and dishes, and last but not least the mash potatoes and gravy, and the peas.

Then when the turkey is done cooking you need to set it in the middle of the table so everybody can reach it.

When everybody arrives you say your thanks and sit down and eat your food so it doesn't go to waste and so that you can have food in your stomach.

That's what you need to do to prepare a thanksgiving feast.

Meghan Mertens, Age 11 When you prepare a Thanksgiving feast, you will need, a turkey. It is the main thing you need. You also some times have cranberry sauce. You stuff the turkey, Then spray it with that oil.

Then you cook it. Then you open the cranberry sauce, put it in a bowl, and in the fridge. Then you can watch the thanksgiving parade on tv. When the turkey is done, you check to see if it is hot enough, then at dinner, you say what you are thankful for, and, dig in!!!

Amon Finn, Age 10 1/2 Ferst we go shoping At market of choes, then we go home and let the oven heat up for an houer! Next we put the trucky in the oven and turn on the stove and put a pot on the Burner then we let the water Boele. we put mash potato mix in the pot. Finnally we put a nother pot on a Burner and open a can of corn and in the pot and it cooks for ten minuts. After the corn is dune we cook the gravy for 5 minuts.

Vincent Lane, Age 10

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What I'm thankful for....cont. help. My brother is the BEST brother in the whole world. He always make's me laugh. I am also thankful for my best friend Layla. She is amazing. But the person I am most thankful for is my mom. She is so loving mom. I could not ask for a better one. She is always there when I need her. Even though there has been some bumps in the road she still keeps going.

I would also like to thank the people that help me in diffuclt times.

Presley Boyer, Age 10

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Morgan Brooks, Age 10

I am thankful for being alive, having a family to lean on, having a sister that make feel better, and I really thankful for my dad because he hleped me mom mom started to make bad chocies. Also my school, my friends to hang out with, my amazing teacher Msr. casey.

I'm thankful for every thing in the entire world, aslo books, can't forget they're the Best!

Oh and aslo tomates ... mmm... delicious. My brother, not really thankful for, just joking love you guys. That all really thank-ful for.

Bailey Rhodes, Age 10

I am thankful for living in this world. I am happy to live and to learn more about life. I sometimes wonder why I'm here. Im I here to do something important or am I here to live on the human race. But even though I dont know why I'm here Im still thankful to live in this world.

It's like a great gift that I never asked for but happy to have it.

Lafe Bennett, Age 11

I am thankful for food because if we didn't have food we will starve. I am thankful for money because if we didn't have money we wouldn't be able to buy food. I am thankful for family because if I didn't have a family I would be bored. I am thankful for having presidents because if we didn't have presidents our country would be a pile of rubble. I am thankful for water because if we didn't have water we would die from thrist.

I am thankful for shoes because if we didn't have shoes we could easily get cut by glass. I am thankful for car's because if we didn't have car's we couldn't get to places fast. I am thankful for houses because houses keep us safe from rain. I am thankful for beds, blankets, and pillows because if we didn't have beds, blankets, and pillows we would be freezing cold. I am thankful for books because if we didn't have books we wouldn't be as smart as we are right now. I am thankful for chairs because if we didn't have chairs we would not be very comfortable.

Willard Eugene Renfroe, Age 10 I am thankful for my family because they put a roof over my head, and they also raise me to be a good kid. They also have been good to me because they buy me stuff, they take me hunting and they do a lot of stuff for me and my brother.

And what I mean by that is they take good care of us and buy me stuff. They take good care of us because when we are sick they give us medicine to get us better. And by buying stuff we want and I mean by getting a dog and a bunch of cats. Thank you family for being the best family in the world.

Wyatt Teague, Age 11 I am thankful for my family because I love them. and I would giv them my blood and one of my kidneys for my family. I am also grateful for my house, because I know that my house is a safe place. my house is a loving house. I am thankful for cars because without them we would not get to go to far places. And I am thankful for my bike because it helps me get around places faster and it is the way to get to the market.

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I am thankful for having a nice family and food on my plat and having a warm bed and pillow.

And I love my mom be bauge she keeps my helty. I am also thankful for my cat and dog my dog snugglez me at night and keeps me warm and my cat makes me happy and im also thankful for my guitar that I got for my birthday it helps me fall asleep and its my favorite coler.

Lillianne Saunders, Age 10

I am thankful for my family because they gave me the best life, the best food, and a good roof over my head. Even though some of my sisters are butt-heads, I am thankful to have a family as big as 7 people. I love that how much fun we have had over the years.

Even though I am 10 does not mean I can't have fun! I also hope that if people don't have families that they still believe that fun by yourself is possible every once in a while.

Madison Giers, Age 10 I am thankful for Thanks giving is my favorite holiday. I'm thankful for living back in Cottage Grove with my friends and family. I moved away for two years and went to many different schools and never found good enough friends like the ones I have here. I'm thankful for having a roof over my head and having a family that loves me. It took me a while to get a good relation ship with my brothers, but now I think we have the best relation ship ever and nothing can break it. We never fight anymore or get mad at each other. They always want to play basketball or football with me. They give me good advice and they push me hard to keep me tough. I love them and they love me. I'm thankful to be so good at everything I do. I love having all the stuff I have and all the stuff I know Joey Bartsam, Age 10 I am thankful for All the things you get me mom and dad Like my New puppy. My xbox 360 and my clothes and my house.

I respect my parents also Im happy that I get to eat. Me going to school and me learning at school. I belive in God. I get to Learn him to. I also have a very nice family and relatives.

Jason Hanson, Age 10 I am thankful for my parents, not just in general, but what they do for me. My mom makes food for me, and she works at

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hom wich I'm thankful for. My dad puts a roof over my head, and works hard so I can play my sports, but mainly baseball.

I'm thankful for my grandma Vicky, she loves to spend time with me, but when I go to her house the thing I love the most is playing board games with her for a long time. Also my grandpa Ed, who lives in Mass. so I don't really see him, but he has come down and hung out.

My grammy is super fun, we watch movies, color, and when I'm there I spend time with my pata we have a speacial T.V. show we watch "cops". Last but certainly not least my grandpa Ken, and grandma Kathy, almost every thanksgiving, 4th of July, and some weekends we are up at there house, cause it's so fun. My grandm Kathy makes the BEST food.

Christian Spear, Age 10 I am thankful for this bautiful world I live in, and family and freinds. I am thankful for the food on my plate, the roof over my head. My life is filled with joy and wonders and I'm thankful for that. I am thankful for the people I love and care about. The joy in the world.

I am thankful that nothing is perfect I'm fine with that. The thing that makes the world amazing is that your thankful for who you are.

Quinn Branstetter, Age 10 I am thankful for the world and every thing on it. Like the ocean the trees the lakes. Im thankfull for these because they keep use alive and well.

Im thankfull for my house my neighborhood and my town all because they are fun places to be at. I am thankful for my cat my family and freinds because they all keep me company.

Corbin Kephart, Age 10 I am thankful for my family and now they would come together to share a big feast.

Every year when my cousins come over to papa's house we would run around and play games. The feast would go until 8:00-9:00. We would play until it was time to go. Our parents would spend all day in the kitchen prepareing. My cousins and I would play tag and hide and seek. We would bring toys to share or donate to the play room. So I am thankful for the oppertunities I have with my family.

Ema Bufo, Age 10 I am thankful for a lot of things.

It would be hard to write about all of them. So here are my top five things I'm thankful for. The number one thing I'm thankful for is my wonderful family because, they are super awesome and love me so much. The second thing I'm thankful for are my dogs. The one that live at my nannys house (Grandmas house) I grew up with, and the one who lives with me is spoiled rotten, but we love him even if he is sometimes

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bad. Next the third thing I'm thankful for is my best friend.

Even though she lives far away.

She is always there for me. The fourth thing I'm thankful are my books. I adsolutely love books. Reading is one of my favorite things to do. Last but not least number five, sports. I love volley ball and basketball.

These are the top five things I'm thankful for.

Eryn Lawrence, Age 10 I am thankful for A roof over my head my loving caring family will be their to support me during my life. I am also thank ful for my teachers who care enough to give me an education. I am thankful for food and water because people in places like Africa hardly have any of that stuff. I am thankful for the animal that feed us and give us cloth like sheep, cows and pigs I am also thankful for books to help us learn more. I am also thank ful for moving veachels so our lives will be easier, I am thankful for my life, I am thankful for helping friends.

I am thankful for Holiday so people can get together and bond. I am thankful for my pet dog because when I am sad I can just cuddle up. I am thankful for helping hospitals so people can recover.

Emely Lopez, Age 10 I am thankful for my family because my family is nice and kind and they feed me and they put a roof over my head. I am also thankful that someone gave me a mechanica pecil when someone else took mine.

I am thankful for my dog who is a pug who is cute and furry and fat. I am thankful for my brother even thoe we fight I love him because were brothers. I am thankful for my papa in California because he bought me a tv and a 40,0$ play staiton.

Albert Lopez, Age 10 I am thankful for having a great family. I will now describe one by one why my familys great. My Nanas great because her cookings great. My papas great because hes really funny.

My Auntys is great because her hair styles are great. My uncle Bretts great because hes the 1rst greatest hunter in our family. My Aunt Hollys great because shes wise. My uncle Ryans great because he funny. My cousin, Kalli is great because shes in college.

My cousin, Kaidens great because he 2nd best hunt in our family. My cousin, Lyrics great because shes a really good baby. My sister, Ellies awesome because shes really funny. My dads great because he loves me. My stepmoms great because she loves me. My stepmoms great because she loves me. My moms loveable because she loves me. But the real reason why my familys great is because they all love me. The End Emily Casey, Age 10

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