Thanksgiving History
Lauren Kreutziger
November 30, 2009
Filed under News
Many stories of Thanksgiving history begin with the first harvest with the pilgrims and the Indians in the autumn of 1621. But in 1621, although they had a three day celebration as we do, this celebration was not just a gathering with your friends and family. Senior Sara Adkins compared the two Thanksgivings, “Just like when the pilgrims celebrated Thanksgiving with the Indians, I always celebrate the holiday with my family and extended family.”
There is little evidence that this feast of thanks led directly to our modern Thanksgiving Day holiday. Thanksgiving can, however, be traced back to 1863 when President Lincoln became the first president to proclaim Thanksgiving Day.
However since most children are taught that the first Thanksgiving was in 1621, with the pilgrims and Indians, we have taken a lot of what they had to eat to what we eat now at our Thanksgiving, but there are some foods that the pilgrims and the Indians did not eat. Did you know that at the first “Thanksgiving” they did not eat a turkey? Instead they ate lobster, clams, mussels, sea bass, bluefish, corn, beans, and squash.
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We don’t have 3 day celebrations. We have 3 days off of school, and 1 day of celebration. The other 2 days are for doing whatever.
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No the pilgrams and indians didnt feast together. the pilgrams took all of there food cause they were starving for months and didnt want to eat the men on the ship anymore.
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