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History Brief Thanksgiving

Thanksgiving Day dates back to 1621, when an indigenous tribe called the Wampanoag and the first settlers of Plymouth gathered for a feast honoring their harvests and newfound friendship. This according to new-world folklore. The thanksgiving tradition was made a national holiday by Abraham Lincoln in 1863, who declared that Thanksgiving be commemorated in late November, which until then, the celebration wasn’t entirely acknowledge by every colony or state. The only other country that celebrates Thanksgiving day is Canada. It all started in 1620 when a ship with pilgrims on board set sail from England with the shores of the eastern part of the United States as their destination. The passengers consisted mainly of religious  separatists and other small groups of people eager for new opportunities across the Atlantic ocean. A long time has passed since the early thanksgiving tradition on giving thanks to the late autumn’s harvest but the tradition remains the same; giving thanks for what we have and sharing that with friends, family, and loved one. Sadly, history and legend paints a different portrait of the events that transpired following that first gathering of gratitude and kinship between the Wampanoags and the pilgrims. Though holy as it had seemed at first, greed eventually led to the take over of the lands belonging to the Wampanoags and they were wiped out. But what about the turkey. Well, they too are wiped out every Thanksgiving. Let’s all thank the pilgrims and the captain of the Mayflower which led the way to the fatal demise of the indigenous tribes of the eastern seaboard and all future turkeys nationwide for the rest of time. Gobble, gobble.