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Miguel Cortez, Small Business Owner
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Feast of first Thanksgiving by Pedro Fray Juan de Padillo for Coronado and his troops in Palo Duro Canyon 79 years before the Pilgrims.
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Miles Rhodes, Wine Taster
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We celebrate with great feasts and lots of thanksgiving, sharing in wine, music and dance.
As the Thanksgiving feast began, the Pilgrims were overwhelmed at the large turnout of ninety relatives that Squanto and Samoset brought with them.
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Zhang Xian Qian, Ex-Olympic Swimmer
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Party favors and decorations are welcomed for our Thanksgiving Feasts program - contact Becki Kvitrud at 651-429-1504 for ideas or to donate.
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Abu Kashir, Gas Station Attendant
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They were at the first Thanksgiving feast of the pilgrims and Indians in 1620.
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Bori Gonbutoren, Reindeer Herder
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Kindergarten and Thanksgiving always seem to find Pilgrims and Native Americans at a feast.
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Khalid Binalshibh, Taxi Driver
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Ninety tall braves accepted the invitation to join the Pilgrims in a feast of Thanksgiving to God for His blessings.
So rich was their stockpile that legend says the Pilgrims invited the natives to a feast of thanksgiving.
The Pilgrims decided to have a thanksgiving feast to celebrate their good fortune.
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Mark Harris, Priest
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So, as we sit down to our Thanksgiving feasts, let's remember to say a prayer to the Almighty, who has blessed us with so much.
They had observed thanksgiving feasts in November as religious obligations in England for many years before coming to the New World.
Many schools held kindergarten Thanksgiving feasts, at which children sang and parents helped serve.
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