It could have, yes.
Food.Food was on the menu at the first presidential thanksgiving dinner!:)
Venison and fowl were served during the main course of the first Thanksgiving dinner. Time generally has tended to be an enemy to the complete recording of important events. Such was true of the records from the early years of the Pilgrim settlement in the future state of Massachusetts. But the offerings of the main course were recorded and preserved for posterity's knowledge.
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Yes; the native Americans brought venison for both parties, the pilgrims and themselves, to eat.
The Pilgrims and the Indians were the creators of Thanksgiving Day.Some of the food items brought to the first Thanksgiving feast were: corn, venison, turkey, bread, potatoes, and milk.
Venison and fowl are the only foods that we know for sure were served at the first Thanksgiving. The rest is guess work. But venison and fowl still may be found at Thanksgiving meals nowadays.Additionally, it's possible that the first Thanksgiving meal included berries, fruits, nuts, and vegetables. Such fare is common nowadays too. For example, cranberries and pumpkins find their way onto modern Thanksgiving tables. So might they have been found during that first Thanksgiving celebration.
The Pilgrims and the Indians
The first president to observe a formal Thanksgiving dinner in the White House was Rutherford Hayes. Abraham Lincoln actually celebrated Thanksgiving, but the event was much smaller.
About 90 Native Americans from the Wampanoag tribe attended the first Thanksgiving dinner.
Historians are conflicted about specific food on the first Thanksgiving menu. The two foods most are certain the pilgrims had are corn and venison.
Sarah Polk James Polk's wife hosted the first thanksgiving at the white house
About 90 Native Americans from the Wampanoag tribe attended the first Thanksgiving dinner.