WoodmenLife Tower Lighting Celebrates Thanksgiving

Omaha, Nebr. — The WoodmenLife Tower will be orange to tell Omaha and Council Bluffs happy Thanksgiving!

America has been celebrating this holiday since pre-colonial times, so there’s a lot to learn. Please take few minutes to savor these morsels or share them at your Thanksgiving feast. A big thank you to History.com for posting these:

• Abraham Lincoln was the first president to declare a national Thanksgiving holiday, thanks in part to heavy lobbying by “Mary Had a Little Lamb” author Sarah Josepha Hale
• Neither potatoes nor sweetened cranberry relish were at the first feasts
• Football has been part of Thanksgiving since 1876, and the Macy’s parade has been a mainstay 1924

To learn even more nuggets of holiday history, visit the History.com website.

WoodmenLife will share this on social media with the hashtags #Thanksgiving and #LightWoodmenLifeTower.

To see a schedule of upcoming tower lightings or to request one, visit the WoodmenLife Tower Lighting Partnership website. You may download an image of the tower lit in orange using the link at right.

About WoodmenLife

WoodmenLife was founded in 1890 as a not-for-profit. The organization gives back to its members across the country, who join together in a shared commitment to family, community and country. With a legacy of financial stability, WoodmenLife offers quality life insurance and retirement products. A person becomes a member when they purchase a WoodmenLife product. Members have access to many extras they can use now. To learn more about the organization, visit newsroom.WoodmenLife.org.

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