The first Thanksgiving

The first Thanksgiving

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The Pilgrims sailed on the Mayflower to America.

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• The first Thanksgiving took place in 1621

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• The first Thanksgiving took place in 1621 and lasted three days!

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• Thanksgiving became an official holiday in 1941.

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• Thanksgiving is celebrated in the United States on the 4th Thursday in November.

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• The Wampanoag was the Native American tribe who helped the Pilgrims.

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• Sara Joseph Hale was an author who helped Thanksgiving to become a holiday.

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• The Pilgrims' voyage on the Mayflower lasted 66 days.

• There were 40 Pilgrims on the Mayflower,

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• The Mayflower compact was an agreement that was a form of government.

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• The captain of the Mayflower was Christopher Jones.

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• Thomas Jefferson was the first president to establish Thanksgiving as a legal national holiday to be held on the 4th Thursday in November.

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• Only 15 Pilgrim women survived to celebrate the 1st Thanksgiving.

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• In the 1600s, Pilgrims did not have a fork to eat with at the first Thanksgiving.