Especially because the traditional "first Thanksgiving" story taught in schools tends to erase the true history, with ...

The Pilgrims would most likely consider their sober 1623 day of prayer the first actual Thanksgiving, according to the History of Massachusetts Blog. Others pinpoint 1637 as the true origin of ...

The story of that first Thanksgiving traveled back to England ... when people were learning the stories of the Pilgrims,” said Andy Masich, president and CEO of the Senator John Heinz History ...

Historians don’t know exactly which day the "first Thanksgiving" between the Pilgrims and Native Americans fell on — and it actually happened in October, not November, according to the Farmer ...

The only firsthand record of what the Pilgrims ate at the first thanksgiving feast comes from Edward Winslow. He noted that the Wampanoag leader, Massasoit, arrived with 90 men, and the two ...

The first Thanksgiving was observed in Plymouth, Massachusetts, in 1621. A good autumn harvest led the Pilgrims to hold a feast to give thanks that lasted for three days. On October 3, 1789 ...

In 1621, the Mayflower pilgrims – early settlers from Britain ... This feast is often referred to as the first Thanksgiving celebration in America. In 1863, President Abraham Lincoln proclaimed ...

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