Identifying Fragments, Comma, Slices, and Run-Ons

We have many myths associated with Thanksgiving. Because it is an invented tradition.

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It is based on the New England puritan Thanksgiving, which is a religious Thanksgiving, and the traditional harvest celebrations of England and New England and other ideas such as commemorating the pilgrims.

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In a letter to his daughter sent in 1784, Benjamin Franklin suggested that the wild turkey.

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The Philadelphia department store Gimbel’s had sponsored a parade in 1920, but the Macy’s parade, launched four years later, soon became a Thanksgiving tradition and the standard kickoff to the holiday shopping season.

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In addition to its famous giant balloons and floats.

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Domesticated turkeys (the type eaten on Thanksgiving) cannot fly, and their pace is limited to a slow walk, Female domestic turkeys, which are typically smaller and lighter than males, can move somewhat faster.

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Hearing their domestic counterparts.

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According to the Cape Cod Cranberry Growers’ Association, Native Americans used cranberries in a variety of foods, including “pemmican” (a nourishing, high-protein combination of crushed berries, dried deer meat and melted fat).

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Gave it a name—”craneberry”—because its drooping pink blossoms in the spring reminded them of a crane.

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On November 20, 2007, President George W. Bush granted a “pardon” to two turkeys, named May and Flower, at the 60th annual National Thanksgiving Turkey presentation. Held in the Rose Garden at the White House.

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