Pocahontas was a Native American who interacted with British settlers at the Jamestown (Virginia) colony and the story goes that she saved the life of Captain John Smith. Some American heroes were also real people. It is said that Paul Bunyan created the Grand Canyon when he dragged his ax behind him while walking and that the Great Lakes were actually Babe’s original watering hole. One favorite character is Paul Bunyan, a lumberjack who was also a giant and usually had Babe the Blue Ox with him. Pumpkin pie is a traditional Thanksgiving dessert.Īmerica has many folk tales. It is a day of giving thanks for everything you have, and families enjoy a traditional feast of roast turkey and side dishes like vegetables, mashed potatoes, sweet potatoes, and cranberry sauce. Thanksgiving is a holiday which always falls on the fourth Thursday of November and celebrates a day in American history when the settling Pilgrims and the Native Americans came together in peace. Across the country, it is celebrated with parades, fireworks, carnivals, picnics, and decorations in red, white and blue, the colors of the American flag. The Fourth of July, also known as Independence Day, is a yearly celebration of the day the United States declared independence from Great Britain in 1776.

Two famous American holidays are the Fourth of July and Thanksgiving. But during World War II a lot of women went to work in factories and began to wear trousers for their jobs. Women usually wore skirts or dresses, sometimes puffed out by a petticoat of many layers of material worn underneath. In American history, most clothing was different for men and women. Jeans were invented for miners and other men who did very hard dusty, dirty work.

Cowboys and ranchers wore boots and large hats to protect their feet and faces from the weather and these are now known as cowboy boots and cowboy hats. Men wore trousers with suspenders and work shirts while women wore dresses made from a fabric called calico with aprons to protect their clothes and bonnets to keep the sun off their faces. The pioneers and cowboys who helped settle the West were known for wearing sturdy clothing. Feathered headdresses were also worn by some tribes’ chiefs and warriors. Each Native American tribe had different types of ceremonial dress though many of them wore clothes made from a kind of leather known as buckskin and decorated it with beads or embroidery. What someone wore also depended on their job and what country their family came from before living in America. Traditional American clothing was different during different times in history and different areas of the country. California and Hawaii are both known for growing many different types of fruits, while Alaska is known for its fish and King Crab. Over in the Pacific Northwest fresh salmon is a specialty and down in the Southwest “tex-mex” meals like chili (a spicy beef stew) and chiles rellenos (stuffed chilis) are popular. The city of Chicago in Illinois is also famous for its deep-dish pizza and barbecued ribs. The Midwest has historically been a beef and grain producing area so meats, potatoes, and bread are traditional foods here. Grits (ground, boiled corn) is a popular breakfast dish in the South. The Southern states are known for “soul food” like collard greens (leafy greens), chicken and dumplings, black-eyed peas and cornbread. New England is known for seafood, particularly lobster, and a creamy soup called clam chowder made with clams and potatoes. Typical American food is different across the country.

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