Odum Library will close at\u00a05:30 pm\u00a0on Tuesday, November 25th, for the Thanksgiving break. The Library will reopen at 9:00 am, Saturday, November 29th.<\/span><\/p>\n The history of Thanksgiving as\u00a0a celebration\u00a0dates back to before the familiar Pilgrims’ observance in 1621.\u00a0Remember that November is also Native American Heritage Month<\/a>. You can also\u00a0read more about the history of Thanksgiving<\/a> as a tradition and as a national holiday in the United States.<\/p>\n Before you prepare a Thanksgiving dinner, it’s a good idea to review these Seven Tips for a Safe Thanksgiving Dinner<\/a>\u00a0from the Georgia Department of Community Health. The U.S. Department of Agriculture provides these alternate routes for cooking a turkey<\/a>.<\/p>\n Finally, if your plans include travel this holiday, be sure to consult\u00a0these sources for travel information:<\/p>\n Whatever your holiday plans, we hope you’ll consider coming to Odum Library for your holiday reading and government information needs, and be sure to come back once the library opens!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Odum Library will close at\u00a05:30 pm\u00a0on Tuesday, November 25th, for the Thanksgiving break. The Library will reopen at 9:00 am, Saturday, November 29th. The history of Thanksgiving as\u00a0a celebration\u00a0dates back to before the familiar Pilgrims’ observance in 1621.\u00a0Remember that November is also Native American Heritage Month. You can also\u00a0read more about the history of Thanksgiving […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":37,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13,4,5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4354","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-government-documents","category-odum-library","category-reference"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.valdosta.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4354","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.valdosta.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.valdosta.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.valdosta.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/37"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.valdosta.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4354"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/blog.valdosta.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4354\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4358,"href":"https:\/\/blog.valdosta.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4354\/revisions\/4358"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.valdosta.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4354"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.valdosta.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4354"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.valdosta.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4354"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}\n