Social Studies Mini-Spark #15: The First Thanksgiving

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Thanksgiving is celebrated in America every November.  The English colonists we call Pilgrims celebrated days of thanksgiving as a part of their religion.  But these were days of prayer, not days of feasting. Our national holiday really stems from the feast held in the autumn of 1621 by the Pilgrims and the Wampanoag to celebrate the colony’s first successful harvest.

Go to the following link to view the slideshow to see what this first “Turkey Day” might have looked like!

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