An immigrant's perspective on Thanksgiving From: Capital (Annapolis) | Date: November 27, 2006| Author: BRIANNE DEERWESTER Old Mill High School | Copyright 2006 Capital (Annapolis). Provided by ProQuest LLC.Copyright information

Food, football, family and friends are all things people look forward to on Thanksgiving. What if all these privileges were new and strange? What if you didn't even know what Thanksgiving was?

This is how many immigrants feel when they first come to the United States. Some immigrants don't understand why a whole holiday is dedicated to eating turkey. "The thing I remember most about my first Thanksgiving was 'the turkey,'" said foreign language teacher Ms. Kummerle.

At first, Tha...