Did You Know…?

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SHELLEY LIN
Staff Writer

1. Who, in a letter to his daughter, proposed the turkey as the national bird?

A. George Washington C. John Hancock

B. Benjamin Franklin D. Thomas Jefferson

2. Which U.S. president established Thanksgiving as an annual national holiday?

A. George Washington C. Franklin D. Roosevelt
B. Abraham Lincoln D. Rutherford B. Hayes

True or False

1. The heaviest turkey ever raised was 86 pounds, about the size of a large dog.

2. The first Thanksgiving celebration lasted three days.

3.The date of Thanksgiving was once changed to the economy

4. Benjamin Franklin wanted the national bird to be a turkey.

Fun Fact

Here’s one of those funny Thanksgiving facts: Turkeys have heart attacks. When the Air Force was conducting test runs and breaking the sound barrier, fields of turkeys would drop dead.

Answers: 1. B 4. B 6. B 7. True 9. True