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Brief History of Thanksgiving Day: What happened on the year 1621?
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The lands where the First Thanksgiving took place between the southeastern part of Massachusetts and Rhode Island was known as the lands of the Wampanoag Native Americans.
The Puritans who escaped from religious oppression from England tried to sail to what is now New York, but due do to the heavy winds and climate problems they landed in the area of what's known now as Cape Cod. They tried to survive with everything they could, including Wampanoag supplies.
So the leader of the Abenaki, Samoset and his translator Squanto who knew English taught the Puritans how to fish, hunt and harvest the land in exchange of protection from the other Native American Tribes.
One day in fall Massasoit, one of the Native Americans heard gunshots and thought that the Pilgrims would rage a war, so he collected 90 men to see if the rumors were true and when he arrived at the settlement he realized that they were just outside hunting.
They wanted to celebrate the day of harvest, so the Indians helped around and hunted some deer and they fed for three whole days. They may have prayed, but it wasn't a religious celebration officially until two years later when the Pilgrims thanked the lord for rain after a two month drought.
Unfortunately Thanksgiving between the Native Americans and Pilgrims lasted only a generation. Now the Native Americans see the holiday as a treason and instead of gathering around in a dinner, they visit the Statue of Massosuit and Plymouth and remember the strength of the Wampanoag people.
In 1863, Abraham Lincoln finally declared Thanksgiving a holiday for general thanks.
Bibliography
The National Geographic Kids at: http://kids.nationalgeographic.com/explore/history/first-thanksgiving/ , on November 2, 2016
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