Special Thanksgiving Logos Plus T-Day Stats, Fun Facts, and Timelines

Here come the Thanksgiving Day logos. Screen caps of logos from:
+ Ask.com
The Ask.com logo links to Ask’s Smart Answer for Thanksgiving.
+ Dogpile
The Dogpile logo links to a search for “Gift Baskets.”.
+ Google
The Google logo links to a search for Thanksgiving.
+ Yahoo
The Yahoo logo links to a special holiday 2006 page.

Stats, Facts, and Timelines
1) Thanksgiving in American Memory
A special collection of Thanksgiving related resources from LC’s American Memory Collection. Includes a Thanksgiving History timeline.

2) Fast Facts: Thanksgiving Day, Nov. 23, 2006
A new Facts for Features compilation from the U.S. Census. Stats include:

265 million
The preliminary estimate of turkeys raised in the United States in 2006. That’s up 3 percent from 2005. The turkeys produced in 2005 together weighed 7.2 billion pounds and were valued at $3.2 billion.

1.6 billion pounds
The total weight of sweet potatoes — another popular Thanksgiving side dish — produced in the United States in 2005. North Carolina (595 million pounds) produced more sweet potatoes than any other state. It was followed by California (351 million pounds). Mississippi and Louisiana also produced large amounts: at least 200 million pounds each.

3
Number of places in the United States named after the holiday’s traditional main course. Turkey, Texas, was the most populous in 2005, with 492 residents; followed by Turkey Creek, La. (357); and Turkey, N.C. (269). There also are nine townships around the country named “Turkey,” three in Kansas.

+ Slightly Higher Thanksgiving Dinner Cost This Year (via American Farm Bureau)

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