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Miguel Cortez,
Small Business Owner
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Legend has it that Pilgrims served cranberries at the first Thanksgiving in Plymouth, along with wild turkey and succotash.
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Bori Gonbutoren,
Reindeer Herder
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The Indians who treated the Pilgrims to the first Thanksgiving dinner probably would have been identified as late Woodland had an archaeologist been present.
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Chrissie Tanner,
Homemaker and Mom
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Pilgrims ate popcorn at the first Thanksgiving dinner.
The pilgrims called the meal “thanksgiving” because they appreciated how much the locals had helped them in the past year.
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Jack Crawford,
WWII Veteran
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On Thanksgiving Day one family remembers the Pilgrims - the hardships they suffered and how the Native Americans taught them survival skills.
Thanksgiving Weather and History From STORMFAX ® The decision of the Pilgrims to land on the shores of Massachusetts, were they affected by the weather?
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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.
The Plymouth Thanksgiving in the fall of 1621, the year following the arrival of the Mayflower pilgrims is traditionally regarded as the first thanksgiving.
So rich was their stockpile that legend says the Pilgrims invited the natives to a feast of thanksgiving.
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Mark Harris,
Priest
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By the end of World War II, pilgrims in growing numbers came to offer thanksgiving for graces received through the Divine Mercy message and devotion.
How could the Pilgrims talk about thanksgiving in the midst of life's most difficult trials?
But the Pilgrims' first Thanksgiving began at some unknown date between September 21 and November 9, most likely in very early October.
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