SETTLING NORTH AMERICA 1497 1732
FIRST THANKSGIVING HISTORY FACTS FOODS
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an afternoon
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three days
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a week
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all fall
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Detailed explanation-1: -As per historians, the day was first celebrated in 1621. It was a three-day affair that involved the settlers at Plymouth and the Americans from the Wampanoag tribe. The celebration had 100 guests and their menu was nowhere close to today’s Thanksgiving menu .
Detailed explanation-2: -Now remembered as American’s “first Thanksgiving”-although the Pilgrims themselves may not have used the term at the time-the festival lasted for three days.
Detailed explanation-3: -Historians long considered the first Thanksgiving to have taken place in 1621, when the Mayflower pilgrims who founded the Plymouth Colony in Massachusetts sat down for a three-day meal with the Wampanoag.
Detailed explanation-4: -In fact, it took place over three days sometime between late September and mid-November in 1621, and was considered a harvest celebration. “Basically it was to celebrate the end of a successful harvest, ” says Tom Begley, the executive liaison for administration, research and special projects at Plimoth Plantation.
Detailed explanation-5: -It lasted three days. Who was there? About fifty Pilgrims came. Plus 90 Wampanoag Indians.