The Tradition of ThanksgivingAdded on 12/25/2006 to Articles Directory / Holidays & Celebrations / Thanksgiving Day Celebration / Thanksgiving in the United States
What Americans know as the first Thanksgiving took place in the autumn of 1621, when the Pilgrims who had arrived from England to the new world 10 months earlier celebrated their first harvest. The Pilgrims had arrived at Plymouth Rock during the winter and many did not survive this harsh new world. Had it not been for the generosity of the Native Americans none of them may have survived.
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