USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -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-2: -The event that Americans commonly call the “first Thanksgiving” was celebrated by the Pilgrims after their first harvest in the New World in October 1621. This feast lasted three days and was attended by 90 Native American Wampanoag people and 53 survivors of the Mayflower (Pilgrims).

Detailed explanation-3: -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-4: -The double Thanksgiving continued for two more years, and then on December 26, 1941, Roosevelt signed a joint resolution of Congress changing the official national Thanksgiving Day to the fourth Thursday in November starting in 1942.