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The Pilgrims started their voyage to the Plymouth Colony from Europe. The were living in the Holland region of the Netherlands.
Columbus did not find North America. He did find Hispaniola in 1492, but it was the Pilgrims in 1620 where the idea of Thanksgiving is to have started. This is a 128 years later.Thanksgiving is a remembrance of the Pilgrims at Plymouth giving thanks for the first harvest in the New World which was aided by local Native Americans. Pilgrims landed at Plymouth in 1620, 13 years AFTER the establishment of Jamestown, Va It was also over 120 years after Columbus fumbled into America.
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Jamestown was founded first, and was a financial venture (they hoped to make money) Plymouth was settled for religious reasons. First settlers at Jamestown were all men, some of the first settlers at Plymouth were women.
The Pilgrims started their voyage to the Plymouth Colony from Europe. The were living in the Holland region of the Netherlands.
it is an original tradition that started with the pilgrims
It started in Plymouth--when the Indians and the pilgrims united.
Pilgrims
The Pilgrims settled in what is now known as Plymouth, Massachusetts. Eventually the settlement would be considered the colony of Massachusetts.
It is when the pilgrims landed in colonial America.
The Pilgrims started a colony named Plymoth Rock in Massachusetts.
Columbus did not find North America. He did find Hispaniola in 1492, but it was the Pilgrims in 1620 where the idea of Thanksgiving is to have started. This is a 128 years later.Thanksgiving is a remembrance of the Pilgrims at Plymouth giving thanks for the first harvest in the New World which was aided by local Native Americans. Pilgrims landed at Plymouth in 1620, 13 years AFTER the establishment of Jamestown, Va It was also over 120 years after Columbus fumbled into America.
The pilgrims had left England for Holland to flee religious persecution. They left Holland after disliking the "dutchification" of their children. The pilgrims were separatists who wanted to remain English but wished to be free to practice their religion. They secured a charter to go to Jamestown, their original destination, but were blown off course. After scouting the surrounding area the pilgrims finally settled at Plymouth Plantation.
Sarah Hale started the Thanksgiving tradition.
Spanish countries do not celebrate Thanksgiving. It is an American celebration that started in Plymouth colony by the Pilgrims. They were thankful for making it to the New World and being able to have a bountiful harvest that first fall.
The tradition of homecoming started in 1911 at the University of Missouri. Shortly after that the tradition of homecoming corsages with chrysanthemums started. Texas started pushing this tradition to the limit in the 1970s.