The Pilgrims decided to hold a celebration of Thanksgiving. They invited the Wampanoag, who had helped them survive a very difficult year.
to celebrate the great harvest that year
The Pilgrims decided to hold a celebration of Thanksgiving. They invited the Wampanoag, who had helped them survive a very difficult year.
to celebrate the great harvest that year
to celebrate the great harvest that year
thanksgiving?
The Pilgrims landed in the future state of Massachusetts on December 1620. So they missed that year's harvest. Thanksgiving was an outgrowth of the widespread celebration of thanks for the harvest throughout many places and times. That celebration therefore was held the following year, in 1621.
The year was 1621. The Plymouth colonists had their autumn feast, which was the first Thanksgiving supper. The Indians in question were from the Wanpanoag tribe. This harvest feast was a celebration of the cooperation between the pilgrims and the tribe.
Unfortunately this would be very pre-historic times and something we will never know. The closest answer that could be given would likely be the celebration of the seasons such as the winter solstice. Civilizations around the globe all tend to have ancient traditions to celebrate the coming of a season.
The pilgrims had a special celebration to give thanks to God for a bountiful harvest.
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Thanksgiving
When the pilgrims celebrated their bountiful harvest, they did not realize that they were starting what was to become a yearly national holiday, but yes, we now consider their celebration the first Thanksgiving.
thanksgiving?
Pilgrims and Indians
location of pilgrim's thanksgiving celebretationin 1621
Indians and Pilgrims
the pilgrims and native americans dinner together
the pilgrims 1621 celebration of their good fortune
in Massachusetts with Indians and pilgrims
celebration of survival and success in farming. :D
The Pilgrims landed in the future state of Massachusetts on December 1620. So they missed that year's harvest. Thanksgiving was an outgrowth of the widespread celebration of thanks for the harvest throughout many places and times. That celebration therefore was held the following year, in 1621.