Brief history of Thanksgiving 1621 — Plymouth colonists and the native Wampanoag share an autumn harvest feast today acknowledged as one of the first Thanksgiving celebrations in the colonies.

Another Thanksgiving Day is upon us. Can you believe it? I’m not sure if it’s because I’m getting older, or if the world has begun to spin faster, but it feels as though last ...

How the traditional Thanksgiving feast has evolved over centuries Historians say the first Thanksgiving may have happened in 1621 when the American Mayflower pilgrims (from England) founded ...

The only firsthand record of what the Pilgrims ate at the first thanksgiving feast comes from Edward Winslow. He noted that the Wampanoag leader, Massasoit, arrived with 90 men, and the two ...

Stories are told about the founding of Massachusetts Bay Colony and the celebration of the first Thanksgiving feast. Michael Carrafiello In the popular mind, the two groups are synonymous.

The first Thanksgiving was observed in Plymouth, Massachusetts, in 1621. A good autumn harvest led the Pilgrims to hold a feast to give thanks that lasted for three days. On October 3, 1789 ...

KENNEBUNK (WGME) - In Kennebunk, Community Harvest, a local nonprofit, hosted its 26th annual Thanksgiving Day Feast, at Saint Martha’s Church. This is the first in-person Thanksgiving community ...