Thanksgiving Resources

Happy Thanksgiving! It's a bit early but we thought we'd share some information on this day and the celebration of food, football, friends and family.

Thanksgiving Resources from USA.GOV
http://www.usa.gov/Citizen/Topics/Thanksgiving.shtml
(Air travel status, food, How to send presents to military personnel overseas, etc.)

Thanksgiving Facts from the U.S. Census Bureau
http://www.census.gov/Press-Release/www/releases/archives/facts_for_features_special_editions/012692.html
(Which U.S. state is full of the most turkeys?)

Thanksgiving History
http://www.si.edu/Encyclopedia_SI/nmah/thanks.htm
(From the Smithsonian)

Thanksgiving Memories
http://www.memory.loc.gov/learn/features/thanks/thanks.html
(From the Library of Congress' Memory Project)

Thanksgiving Proclamation, 1861, by Kansas Governor Charles Robinson
http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/h?ammem/rbpebib:@field(NUMBER+@band(rbpe+0200110b))
(From the Library of Congress American Memory site)

NATIVE AMERICAN HERITAGE MONTH

Native American Heritage Month
http://www.loc.gov/topics/nativeamericans/
(Library of Congress)

American Indian Heritage Month
http://www.defenselink.mil/specials/nativeamerican01/inner.html
(U.S. Department of Defense)

National American Indian Heritage Month
http://www3.kumc.edu/diversity/ethnic_relig/naihm.html
(University of Kansas Medical Center)

FOOD! FOOD! FOOD!

Classic American Recipes
http://www.usa.gov/Citizen/Topics/Health/Recipes.shtml
(USA.GOV)

Poultry Preparation
http://www.fsis.usda.gov/Fact_Sheets/Turkey_Alt_Routes/index.asp
(U.S. Dept of Agriculture)

Thanksgiving dinner safety
http://www.fsis.usda.gov/Fact_Sheets/Poultry_Preparation_Fact_Sheets/index.asp

FROM K-STATE RESEARCH AND EXTENSION

Involving children in Thanksgiving meal preparation
http://www.johnson.ksu.edu/DesktopDefault.aspx?tabid=330

Countdown to Thanksgiving
http://www.shawnee.ksu.edu/DesktopModules/ViewDocument.aspx?DocumentID=1943

Thawing a Turkey
http://www.communications.ksu.edu/DesktopDefault.aspx?tabid=847

Holiday Cooking Recommendations
http://www.oznet.ksu.edu/news/sty/2006/holiday_cooking110106.htm

Suggested Thanksgiving Recipes for Vegetarians
http://www.organicconsumers.org/articles/article_3399.cfm
(Organic Consumers Association)


GIVING THANKS BY GIVING OF YOURSELF

Public Service and Volunteerism
http://www.usa.gov/Citizen/Topics/PublicService.shtml

THANKSGIVING FOOTBALL SCHEDULE

http://www.mahalo.com/Thanksgiving_Football_Schedule
From: mahalo.com, a commercial site)