Five Things You Need To Know Today, November 22 (Thanksgiving Day)
History of the holiday, local closures, the story from Plimoth Plantation, things to keep the kids busy and information about today's CHS football game against WW.
Editor's Note: Happy Thanksgiving, Coventry! Before you browse today's Five Things, you should know that today officially marks my second anniversary as the editor of Coventry Patch (the site's second birthday is coming up in December). I just want you all to know how thankful and lucky I am to have such a great community to work with and for, every day! Have a great holiday! -- Lauren What It's About: Today is Thanksgiving Day in the United States, the 149th year that it's been celebrated as a national holiday. President Abraham Lincoln started the official holiday in 1863, though the tradition of the Thanksgiving feast s traced to 1621 in Plymouth, MA. What's Closed: Coventry schools and town offices (except for police and fire …
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