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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

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When did the pilgrims have there thanksgiving celebration?

October


What did the pilgrims call this celebration?

Thanksgiving


Did the Pilgrims hold the first 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.


What is the name that the pilgrims called this celebration?

thanksgiving?


Who attended the Thanksgiving celebration?

Pilgrims and Indians


Location of pilgrims Thanksgiving celebration in 1621?

location of pilgrim's thanksgiving celebretationin 1621


Who were the parties involved in the first Thanksgiving celebration?

Indians and Pilgrims


What is Thanksgiving a real celebration of?

the pilgrims and native americans dinner together


What does the holiday thanksgiving commemorate?

the pilgrims 1621 celebration of their good fortune


Where was Thanksgiving hold?

in Massachusetts with Indians and pilgrims


What describes the pilgrims' first thanksgiving?

celebration of survival and success in farming. :D


What year did the Pilgrims have their first Thanksgiving feast?

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.