I thought part of thanksgiving was giving thanks to the native Americans for providing the colonists with food for the winter (They were starving) One of the foods was turkey which is why its now traditionally eaten on thanksgiving, to remember the kindness shown by the natives to the colonists.
Not that it stopped them from later virtually wiping out their culture and stealing all their land. But lets not go into that <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/winkwink.gif" alt="" />
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Drink Up Ye Cider. 
