Pictures


A replica of the Mayflower ship.

The Mayflower steps.

Falling leaves are often red in North America at Thanksgiving, as it reaches the end of autumn.

Plimoth Plantation.

Plymouth Rock.

Thanksgiving cupcakes with traditional images and orange icing.

Pumpkin pie, a tradition of Thanksgiving dinner.

Slices of pumpkin pie ready for serving.

Pumpkins growing ready to be used. Pumpkins are carved for Halloween but also eaten at Thanksgiving dinner.

Pumpkins ripen well into the autumn. They grow from ground vines, a bit like cucumbers.

A turkey, cooked to celebrate Thanksgiving in the USA.

Fireworks are often used for autumn celebrations, including Thanksgiving.

A selection of vegetables gathered from the fields.

Ploughing the fields after a harvest in autumn

A family gathers for Thanksgiving dinner.

A turkey float from a Thanksgiving Day parade. Like pumpkin pie and turkey, parades have become a tradition on Thanksgiving day.

A Thanksgiving dinner re-enactment showing the friendship between the Puritans and the Native Americans.

Turkeys are eaten at Thanksgiving dinner. This is symbolic of the wild food that was available to the first Puritans in the past.