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Historic Thanksgiving tour I DIVERSIONS TRAVEL By Sean Randall n 1621, some 100-plus Pilgrims and Native Americans sat together for a three-day feast, celebrating the harvest and the winter survival of the early colonists. Today, Americans traditionally gather to honor that day every fourth Thursday of November. Thanksgiving Day has a long history with many traditions, traceable through many people and places. Even if you're not at home feasting on turkey and dressing, you can celebrate the holiday by seeing new (and old) sites. Most of these have plenty of truck parking and large parking lots. Pilgrim Hall Museum Built in 1824, the Pilgrim Hall Museum hosts a collection of treasures from the original Pilgrims of Plymouth Rock. The Plymouth, Mass., museum hosts items like Plymouth Gov. William England, Peregrine White. The museum is at 75 Court St., exit 6A off Massachusetts Route 3. Limited truck parking can be found in the RV/buses parking lot on Water Street. Visit PilgrimHall.org or call 508-746-1620. Lincoln Log Cabin president to formally declare a national Thanksgiving Day holiday, setting the day on the owned by Lincoln's father and stepmother, is located in Lerna, Ill. The Lincoln Log Cabin State Historic Site is closest to Interstate 57, located on East Lincoln Highway Road. Truck parking is available in the back of the parking lot. Visit LincolnLogCabin.org or call 217-345-1845. Pilgrim Memorial State Park FDR's home and library Another place to swing by in Plymouth, Mass., is the Pilgrim Memorial State Park. The park contains Plymouth Rock, the spot where landing in 1620, and the National Monument to the Forefathers. The park is on Water Street off Route 3, near the Pilgrim Hall Museum. Visit Mass.gov. George Bush Presidential Library least one Thanksgiving Day turkey, saving the birds from being slaughtered. George H. W. Bush was the turkey. You can visit his presidential library and museum in College Station, Texas, on the Texas A&M campus, off State Highway 6 South. Truck parking is 42 | Overdrive | November 2012 Thanksgiving Day celebration in 1939 as the fourth Thursday of November. His home, Springwood, is also Hyde Park, N.Y. The Home of Franklin D. Roosevelt National Historic Site is located off Route 9. Plenty of truck parking is available. Visit NPS.gov or call 800-337-8474.