The first day of thanks in America was celebrated in Virginia at Cape Henry in 1607, but it was the Pilgrims? three-day feast celebrated in early November of 1621, which we now popularly regard as the ?First Thanksgiving.? The first real Calvinist Thanksgiving to God in the Plymouth Colony was actually celebrated during the summer of 1623 when the colonists declared a Thanksgiving holiday after their crops were saved by much needed rainfall. Read The History
Thursday, November 23, 2006
The History of Thanksgiving
The first day of thanks in America was celebrated in Virginia at Cape Henry in 1607, but it was the Pilgrims? three-day feast celebrated in early November of 1621, which we now popularly regard as the ?First Thanksgiving.? The first real Calvinist Thanksgiving to God in the Plymouth Colony was actually celebrated during the summer of 1623 when the colonists declared a Thanksgiving holiday after their crops were saved by much needed rainfall. Read The History
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