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The first Thanksgiving was held in Massachusetts. Here's where

As Thanksgiving approaches, many Americans will reflect on the story of the holiday's origins - original settlers of America coming together to give thanks over a plentiful feast right here in ...
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This is What Was Actually Served at the First Thanksgiving

The story of the first Thanksgiving is familiar to many, but the details of the actual feast held in 1621 are often misrepresented. The meal shared between the Wampanoag Native Americans and the ...
Commercial Appeal

Why is Thanksgiving on a Thursday? It wasn't always on the fourth Thursday

Thanksgiving is celebrated annually on the fourth Thursday of November. The first Thanksgiving is believed to have occurred in 1621 between pilgrims and Native Americans. This 1941 resolution ...
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

THANKSGIVING TRADITIONS: Though far removed from its origin story, the feast holds some of our most enduring national and family rituals and memories

After landing at Plymouth, Mass., in 1620, a group of English colonists struggled to survive the harsh elements. And as the story goes, the Wampanoag Native Americans helped them, and, in the fall of ...
Tallahassee Democrat

How first Thanksgiving coincided with first step toward religious freedom

The First Amendment and the first presidential Thanksgiving proclamation both occurred in the autumn of 1789. George Washington issued a proclamation for a "day of public thanksgiving and prayer" just ...