At Renaissance Homes, we are thankful to have the privilege to come to work each day energized about what’s ahead. We’re proud of our strong relationships with our trade partners and our clients. We are passionate about homebuilding and take green building very seriously. Thankfully, we know you do, too. Together we aim to make a positive difference in the communities where we build.
Enjoy your Thanksgiving celebrations and cheers from the Renaissance Homes team.
Enjoy these Thanksgiving facts throughout history:
* Benjamin Franklin wanted the turkey to be the national bird of the United States.
* Sarah Josepha Hale, an American magazine editor, persuaded Abraham Lincoln to declare Thanksgiving a national holiday. She is also the author of the popular nursery rhyme “Mary Had a Little Lamb.”
* Abraham Lincoln issued a ‘Thanksgiving Proclamation’ on Oct. 3, 1863, and officially set aside the last Thursday of November as the national day for Thanksgiving.
* The annual Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade tradition began in the 1920’s.
* In 1939, President Roosevelt proclaimed that Thanksgiving would take place on Nov. 23, not Nov. 30, as a way to spur economic growth and extend the Christmas shopping season.
* Congress to passed a law on December 26, 1941, ensuring that all Americans would celebrate a unified Thanksgiving on the fourth Thursday of November every year.
* Since 1947, the National Turkey Federation has presented a live turkey and two dressed turkeys to the President. The President does not eat the live turkey. He “pardons” it and allows it to live out its days on a historical farm.
Learn some turkey facts:
* The average weight of a turkey purchased at Thanksgiving is 15 pounds.
* The heaviest turkey ever raised was 86 pounds.
* A 15 pound turkey usually has about 70 percent white meat and 30 percent dark meat.
* The five most popular ways to serve leftover turkey is as a sandwich, in stew, chili or soup, casseroles and as a burger.
* Turkey has more protein than chicken or beef.
* Turkeys will have 3,500 feathers at maturity.
* Male turkeys gobble. Hens do not. They make a clucking noise.
* Commercially raised turkeys cannot fly.
* A large group of turkeys is called a flock.
* Turkeys have poor night vision.
* In the United States, about 280 million turkeys are sold for the Thanksgiving celebrations.
Source: www.whsv.com
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