Actually Veterans Day in the US is the same as Remembrance Day in Canada which is the same day as the end of WWI. The history of Canadian Thanksgiving is as follows: (from http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Plains/7214/canada.htm)

1. When people from Europe arrived in North America, the farmers brought traditions from their own countries, and one of them was to give thanks for their good fortune and abundance of food, so they held a celebration at Harvest time.

2. The first North American Thanksgiving was celebrated in 1578 when the English Navigator, Martin Frobisher, held a formal ceremony in Newfoundland. He did this to give thanks for surviving the long sea journey, and other settlers arrived in Newfoundland, and the tradition was continued by them.

3. At the time of the American Revolution, Americans who remained loyal to the Government in England, moved to Canada and thus Thanksgiving celebrations spread throughout Canada.

4. In the 1600's, the explorer Samuel de Champlain arrived with French settlers, and they formed the "Order of Good Cheer" and held huge feasts of Thanksgiving.

In 1879, Parliament declared November 6th a national holiday of Thanksgiving. Over the years this date changed, and on January 31, 1957, Parliament declared the second Monday in October of each year to be "A Day of General Thanksgiving to Almighty God for the bountiful harvest with which Canada has been blessed".


>I went to Canada once during a Veterans Day weekend, I think, and found that it was Thanksgiving up there. Americans are giving thanks that the Indians didn't let the pilgrims starve at Plymouth Rock. What were Canadians thankful for?
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>>Actually they crossed the border into the US in October to get away from us turkey eatin' canucks and are now on the way back to avoid you turkey eatin' yanks. If we celebrated Thanksgiving on the same day, them damn turkeys would have nowwhere to hide.....here turkey turkey turkey...;-)
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>>>To Get Away from all us crazy Americans who pay annual homage to good eating and a long weekend!!! < bg >
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>>>Seriously though, Happy Thanksgiving to all the US UT'rs. I'm off to Florida to take a brief side step around winter. Meanwhile, somebody register me at the Internet Withdraw clinic for Monday ;) First time in at least 3 years I'll be computer-less! Boy, what is this world coming too!!!