2007-11-07 05:29:50 · 4 answers · asked by georgina_klemm 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Holidays ➔ Thanksgiving
The first Thanksgiving was held on June 29, 1671 in Charlestown, Massachusetts.
On October 3,1863 President Abraham Lincoln issued a proclamation calling for the observance of the 4th Tuesday of November as a national holiday.
The website: www.pilgrimhall.org shows a list of the 53 that attended the meal. This meal was planned to boost the morale of the 50 or so remaining colonists.
2007-11-07 06:04:01 · answer #1 · answered by deb 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The first Thanksgiving was when the pilgrims came to America with the NAtive Americans. Most kids learn that in elementary school.
2007-11-07 05:44:51 · answer #2 · answered by Marla H 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Actually, the first Thanksgiving occured in Canada:
"In 1576 Martin Frobrisher and his English sailors gethered on a small island in what would later be the Canadian Arctic. They offered prayers and gave thanks for a hectic but safe voyage across the Atlantic. This was followed by a meal of salt beef, buscuits and peas. The very first Thanksgiving!"
2007-11-09 17:59:21 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
i think it was 1620 when those pilgrim people came over here on the Mayflower ship and landed on a rock or something. they had turkey and stuffing and made friends with some indians and they all had a big dinner and gave thanks for - i cant remember, but they gave thanks. Happy Thanksgiving! :)
2007-11-07 07:52:27 · answer #4 · answered by Tracy 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋