This American holiday is observed on the last 1621diseaseEnglishEuropeansfriendshipmealNativeninetyPilgrimsplantpumpkin piesettlersthreeThursdayturkey in November.
As the name suggests, it is a day to give thanks. Millions of families and friends gather for a traditional 1621diseaseEnglishEuropeansfriendshipmealNativeninetyPilgrimsplantpumpkin piesettlersthreeThursdayturkey on Thanksgiving. It usually includes 1621diseaseEnglishEuropeansfriendshipmealNativeninetyPilgrimsplantpumpkin piesettlersthreeThursdayturkey, sweet potatoes, squash, corn, cranberries and 1621diseaseEnglishEuropeansfriendshipmealNativeninetyPilgrimsplantpumpkin piesettlersthreeThursdayturkey. Many of the same foods from the autumn harvest were eaten on the first Thanksgiving centuries ago.
Settlers from England called 1621diseaseEnglishEuropeansfriendshipmealNativeninetyPilgrimsplantpumpkin piesettlersthreeThursdayturkey are believed to have held the first Thanksgiving meal in North America in 1621diseaseEnglishEuropeansfriendshipmealNativeninetyPilgrimsplantpumpkin piesettlersthreeThursdayturkey. They had arrived in what is now the northeastern United States a year earlier. More than half their number died from 1621diseaseEnglishEuropeansfriendshipmealNativeninetyPilgrimsplantpumpkin piesettlersthreeThursdayturkey or lack of food.
Those who survived held a day of thanksgiving. They thanked God for protecting them. They also thanked the 1621diseaseEnglishEuropeansfriendshipmealNativeninetyPilgrimsplantpumpkin piesettlersthreeThursdayturkey Americans who lived in the area. These Indians were part of the Wampanoag tribe.
The Wampanoags helped save the Pilgrims by showing them how to fish and 1621diseaseEnglishEuropeansfriendshipmealNativeninetyPilgrimsplantpumpkin piesettlersthreeThursdayturkey crops. The Pilgrims celebrated Thanksgiving for about 1621diseaseEnglishEuropeansfriendshipmealNativeninetyPilgrimsplantpumpkin piesettlersthreeThursdayturkey days. About 1621diseaseEnglishEuropeansfriendshipmealNativeninetyPilgrimsplantpumpkin piesettlersthreeThursdayturkey Indians joined the celebration. They ate deer, ducks, geese, turkeys and pumpkins. The two groups also made a peace and 1621diseaseEnglishEuropeansfriendshipmealNativeninetyPilgrimsplantpumpkin piesettlersthreeThursdayturkey agreement. This gave the Pilgrims an area to build their town.
This friendship, though, was not for long. More 1621diseaseEnglishEuropeansfriendshipmealNativeninetyPilgrimsplantpumpkin piesettlersthreeThursdayturkey settlers came to America. They did not need the help of the Indians. Many 1621diseaseEnglishEuropeansfriendshipmealNativeninetyPilgrimsplantpumpkin piesettlersthreeThursdayturkey forgot about the help the Indians had provided. Within a few years, the two sides were at war. Many of the Wampanoags were killed in battle or died from diseases that arrived with the 1621diseaseEnglishEuropeansfriendshipmealNativeninetyPilgrimsplantpumpkin piesettlersthreeThursdayturkey.