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The Turkey is an important part of the Thanksgiving tradition because according to the legend of the Pilgrims and Indians they shared turkey in a several day fest to thank the Indians for helping them plant crop and harvest for winter. Whether the Pilgrims and Indians actually ate turkey is not known. It is possible that they did because Turkey would be redilly abundant in the east US but this isn't a certainty. However, Turkey is a food that is abundant in the US and is large and can feed many people, this is probably why Turkeys are eaten at Thanksgiving.

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because they ate it at the first ever feast of thanksgiving

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It represnts when the pilgrims ate wild fowl.

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The pilgrims ate primarily duck and turkey on the first thanksgiving. It's what they had, they didn't necessarily "choose" it.

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Because the pilgrims (the pioneers of thanksgiving) ate wild fowl at their feast

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Because, according to legend, it was one of the foods exchanged by the pilgrims and indigenous Americans at the first thanksgiving.

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because people eat turkey on T.D

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