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The American Center, Information Resource Center, Jerusalem
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The American Center, Information Resource Center (IRC), is a section of the Office of Public Affairs, American Embassy – Tel Aviv. The American Center provides information about the United States of America to the Israeli public.
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The American Center will be closed on Thursday, November 26, 2009 in honor of Thanksgiving Day.
Wireless Internet ! Enjoy our new Wi-Fi Internet service at the American Center.
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| American Indian Heritage |
Every November, the United States celebrates the first Americans and their legacy. |
Facts for Feature: Thanksgiving Day - November 26, 2009
In the fall of 1621, the Pilgrims, early settlers of Plymouth Colony, held a three-day feast to celebrate a bountiful harvest, an event many regard as the nation’s first Thanksgiving. Historians have also recorded ceremonies of thanks among other groups of European settlers in North America, including British colonists in Virginia in 1619. The legacy of thanks and the feast have survived the centuries, as the event became a national holiday in 1863 when President Abraham Lincoln proclaimed the last Thursday of November as a national day of thanksgiving. Later, President Franklin Roosevelt clarified that Thanksgiving should always be celebrated on the fourth Thursday of the month to encourage earlier holiday shopping, never on the occasional fifth Thursday.
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