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Thanksgiving holiday tradition traces its origins to a 1621 celebration at Plymouth. There is also evidence for an earlier harvest celebration on the continent by Spanish explorers in Florida during 1565.

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Thanksgiving holiday tradition traces its origins to a 1621 celebration at Plymouth . There is also evidence for an earlier harvest celebration on the continent by Spanish explorers in Florida during 1565.

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While traditionally, everone looks to New England for the first Thanksgiving in the US, among the English colonists, the FIRST Thanksgiving was held at Berkeley Plantation of Virginia on December 4, 1619. This was acknowledged by President John Kennedy.

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