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Learn about the Pilgrims who celebrated the first Thanksgiving in Plymouth, Massachusetts, from a documentary based on their governor's account. Discover how their religious intolerance, political persecution, and cultural clash shaped their American adventure.
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26 paź 2024 · Thanksgiving Day, annual national holiday in the United States and Canada celebrating the harvest and other blessings of the past year. Americans generally believe that their Thanksgiving is modeled on a 1621 harvest feast shared by the English colonists (Pilgrims) of Plymouth and the Wampanoag people.
27 paź 2009 · Learn about the history of Thanksgiving, from the first harvest feast of the Pilgrims and the Wampanoag in 1621 to the national holiday proclaimed by Abraham Lincoln in 1863. Explore the controversies, traditions and controversies of this American celebration.
20 lis 2018 · President Abraham Lincoln established Thanksgiving as a national holiday during the Civil War, and the feast has since become an American tradition. Yet the story of the Wampanoag and the...
23 lis 2021 · Learn how the Pilgrims and the Wampanoag formed an alliance in 1621 and shared a feast, but also faced challenges and conflicts. Explore the myths and facts behind the first Thanksgiving and its modern celebration.
Thanksgiving is a U.S. holiday celebrated each year at the end of November. Learn about the history of Thanksgiving, facts about the Mayflower and the Pilgrims, and more.
22 lis 2016 · Here's what we really know about the first Thanksgiving, which took place in Plymouth in 1621 among the Pilgrims and Native Americans.