Thanksgiving---Feast or Fast?

I have never heard of this before and I found it somewhat interesting when I came across it.

Has anyone else ever heard of this before?


www.humaneventsonline.com...

Did you know that the day we celebrate as Thanksgiving was supposed to be a fast?

It took one politically incorrect farmer to change the course of history. When the government tried to impose a fast, he called for a grand feast—thanksgivings—so that Americans could celebrate their bounty and nourish their bodies, not lament their hardships through hunger.