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The National Park Service notes that the traditional Thanksgiving narrative simply left out these celebrations. Though most narratives render the American Thanksgiving as an extension of the ...
We are accustomed to thinking of the Pilgrims at Plymouth and the neighboring Wampanoag tribe of Massachusetts as the first to celebrate Thanksgiving, but some scholars say that isn’t accurate.
The facts of the first Thanksgiving meal may never be known but some believe that it was in celebration of a shipment of Irish food. No one can say for sure exactly when the first Thanksgiving ...
As he wrote the words to “Come Ye Thankful People, Come,” Alford was apparently thinking of Psalm 95:2, which tells us to “Come before His presence with thanksgiving! Let us shout joyfully to Him with ...
We are accustomed to thinking of the Pilgrims at Plymouth and the neighboring Wampanoag tribe of Massachusetts as the first to celebrate Thanksgiving, but some scholars say that isn’t accurate. Here’s ...
But actually, the first Thanksgiving held by the Pilgrims ... seafood and cornmeal are believed to be the main dishes at that famous Thanksgiving debut in Plymouth, Massachusetts.