The Pilgrims landed in the future state of Massachusetts on December 1620. So they missed that year's harvest. Thanksgiving was an outgrowth of the widespread celebration of thanks for the harvest throughout many places and times. That celebration therefore was held the following year, in 1621.
The year was 1621. The Plymouth colonists had their autumn feast, which was the first Thanksgiving supper. The Indians in question were from the Wanpanoag tribe. This harvest feast was a celebration of the cooperation between the pilgrims and the tribe.
Pilgrims celebrated thanksgiving because they wanted to celebrate the accomplishment of their colony and how they survived throughout the harsh year with the help of the Indians.
The first thanksgiving was in 1621, so this year(2014) it is 393 years ago.
In November.
The Pilgrims decided to hold a celebration of Thanksgiving. They invited the Wampanoag, who had helped them survive a very difficult year.to celebrate the great harvest that year
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John Smith was actually not at the First Thanksgiving feast. He arrived before the pilgrims around 1607. The first Thanksgiving was in 1621 with the settlers of Jamestown.
they held it in the year 1621
The first Thanksgiving occurred in November 1620. The Pilgrims were so thankful for that feast because it meant that they had successfully survived the year and managed to grow their own food.
The year was 1621. The Plymouth colonists had their autumn feast, which was the first Thanksgiving supper. The Indians in question were from the Wanpanoag tribe. This harvest feast was a celebration of the cooperation between the pilgrims and the tribe.
There are different things that the Pilgrims had to eat at the Thanksgiving feast. The food mainly entailed ducks and geese among other traditional delicacies. Thanksgiving is marked on every fourth Thursday of November.
There were about one hundred and forty people at the first Thanksgiving.
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In the fall of 1621
Religion was very much a part of everyday life for the Pilgrims. They believed the Native Americans who had assisted them during their first year in Plymouth were put there due to God's providence. The Thanksgiving feast was as much about thanking God as it was about thanking the natives. Prayer would have been a big part of the feast.
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