Thanksgiving – An American Holiday that Holds Special Significance for Every Proud Immigrant
November 24, 2014. An opinion piece in Sys-Con Media explains why immigrants give special thanks around Thanksgiving: With our personal calendars filled with holidays that range from religious observances to children's birthdays there is only one day of the year that we can all sit down together as one large, diverse family of Americans and celebrate who we are, where we came from and why this remains an extraordinary country of opportunity. Welcome Thanksgiving. ...This author came to the United States from Iran in 1969. I had no grand plan. [...]