View Us Thanksgiving Holiday History Pictures. In 1621, the plymouth colonists and wampanoag native americans shared an autumn. Beginning in 1970, a group of native americans and their supporters have staged an annual protest for a national day of mourning at plymouth rock in plymouth, massachusetts on thanksgiving day.
Thanksgiving: What's the history of the holiday and why ... from www.telegraph.co.uk Thanksgiving thanksgiving, which occurs on the fourth thursday in november, is based on the colonial pilgrims' 1621 harvest meal. How did thanksgiving become a national holiday in the us? Thanksgiving is a federal holiday in the united states, celebrated on the fourth thursday of november.
In 1621, the plymouth colonists and wampanoag native americans shared an autumn.
It is sometimes called american thanksgiving (outside the united states) to distinguish it from the canadian holiday of the same name. Americans generally believe that their thanksgiving is modeled on a 1621 harvest feast shared by the english colonists (pilgrims) of plymouth and the wampanoag people. However, not everyone sees thanksgiving day as a cause for celebration. Thanksgiving day, annual national holiday in the united states and canada celebrating the harvest and other blessings of the past year.
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