Thanksgiving has been celebrated for so many years, people from all over the country look forward to the opportunity to see their family, colleagues and enjoy great food.
Here are 38 photos of Thanksgiving festivities and happenings from years past.
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Four Ladies Remember Thanksgivings Past
Ran in the Herald & Review on Sunday, November 24, 1974.
Residents of Plymouth, Mass. re-enact the first Thanksgiving
Ran in the Herald & Review on Thursday, November 22, 1962.
Giving Their Share
Ran in the Herald & Review on Thursday, November 27, 1930.
A Thanksgiving Wedding
Ran in the Herald & Review on Saturday, December 2, 1905.
Economy keeps more people home for Thanksgiving
Ran in the Herald & Review on Thursday, November 27, 2008.
Thanksgiving is a Holiday for Majority of Residents
Ran in the Herald & Review on Friday, November 30, 1928.
"Buy Christmas Seals"
Ran in the Herald & Review on Sunday, December 2, 1934.
Thanksgiving at Disney's Fort Wilderness Resort
Ran in the Herald & Review on Sunday, November 4, 2007.
Children Have Many Causes to Give Thanks
Ran in the Herald & Review on Sunday, November 20, 1932.
Rev. Riley to Lead Thanksgiving Rites
Ran in the Herald & Review on Saturday, November 21, 1959.
Take your Choice for Thanksgiving Feast
Ran in the Herald & Review on Monday, November 21, 1932.
Something About Thanksgiving
Ran in the Herald & Review on Wednesday, November 29, 1905.
School Pupils Visit Macon County Home
Ran in the Herald & Review on Wednesday, November 23, 1949.
Thanksgiving
Ran in the Herald & Review on Thursday, November 23, 1989.
For A Joyous Thanksgiving
Ran in the Herald & Review on Wednesday, November 24, 1909.
Holiday happiness
1985: For Danielle Chumbley, 3, holiday happiness is hearing what she's been missing.
1984 Community Thanksgiving Luncheon
1984: Decatur Tribune Publisher Paul Osborne gives a speech at the annual Community Thanksgiving Luncheon.
Good Samaritan Inn
1987: Volunteers keep the food warm at Good Samaritan Inn dinner.
Long Creek dinner
1985: Katherine Basham, left, and Opan McCoy, both of Long Creek, attended the dinner.
Dinner at the old Cisco Grade School
1985: Charlie Stratton, a Bement Manor resident, samples the menu at the old Cisco Grade School holiday dinner.
Good Samaritan Inn dinner
1988: Volunteers put together Thanksgiving Day dinners at the Good Samaritan Inn.
Turkeys await carving
1985: Willis Fox sharpens his carving knives as he helps prepare dinner for about 500 people at Richards Treat University Center, Millikin University, Thursday. Fox, kitchen supervisor and chef, cooked 25 turkeys weighing about 25 pounds each with help from his staff. The meal included dressing, cranberry sauce, gravy, green beans, mixed vegetables and deserts.
Preparing 150 meals
1978: Kay Turner readies one of 150 meals prepared for needy persons.
St. Mary's Hospital
1990: Not everyone celebrated the holiday at home Thursday. Ten-year-old volunteer Mark Schuessler helps Lorraine Tuttle with her plate in the serving line at St. Mary's Hospital in Decatur. Tuttle was one of about 80 guests at the annual Thanksgiving Day dinner.
For This We Give Thanks
1985: Publisher Sanders Hook addresses the luncheon.
Dishing it out
1990: Stella Lowery tends an oversized kettle of string beans Tuesday in the basement of the Masonic Temple in Decatur.
St. Teresa Mission Club
1983: Students get ready to serve the meal at the St. Teresa Mission Club holiday dinner.
Serving coffee
1983: St. Teresa High School student Kelley Walker, 17, serves coffee to Florence Meredith during the Mission Club's dinner Sunday.
Thanksgiving feast
1985: Families found plenty of food and fun to be thankful for at the Thanksgiving feast.
Roast turkey
1974: One fothe turkeys provided by Lloyd Sprinkle of rural Mansfield for a roast turkey feast.
Thanksgiving socializing
1987: Hundreds of luncheon guests enjoy their Thanksgiving feast and do a bit of socializing.
Enjoying dinner
1988: Clara Walker and her children enjoy Thanksgiving dinner at Decatur's Good Samaritan Inn.
Holiday helpings
1983: Sue Thompson, 16, a junior and secretary of the St. Teresa Mission Club, dishes out food for Evelyn Nester.
Pilgrim spirit
1985: Randy Bennett, 4, of Monticello demonstrates the Pilgrim spirit.
Community Thanksgiving
1988: City Manager Jim Bacon, Lary Cunningham of A.E. Staley Mfg. Co. and Zonta President Bonit Sperry, seated from left.
St. Mary's
1987: A nun serves coffee to guests at St. Mary's Hospital Thanksgiving Day dinner.
Bring on the turkey!
1987: Good things come to those who wait, and Steven Estes, 4, of Decatur, knew exactly what he was waiting for as he carried a roasting pan from the store for his mother, Mary, who was picking up some last-minute items for today's big feast. Mrs. Estes, planning a Thanksgiving dinner for six guests, said she already had a 14-pound turkey but discovered she didn't have a pan big enough for the bird.
Helping out
1990: Correctional officer Randy West (at left) pitched in by pouring gravy, takign his place int he assembly line of food trays next to regular kitchen helper Hazel McDaniel.
