16 is the year 1621, the first year of Thanksgiving. The Pellegrini fathers now gathered to celebrate the first harvest on their newly opened land in the Plymouth Colony in Massachusetts. In a grand gesture, the colonists invite their local American brothers to celebrate their turkey, sweet pastries, and potatoes. Does this seem familiar to you? Terrifyingly, many fairy tales are actually a wrong date.
Before we look at the true story of the events that led to the first Thanksgiving, we just want to remember how central the institution of traditional American culture has become. Looking at history, we can follow the idea of thanking the pilgrims who settled in America from England in the early seventeenth century.
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It’s 1621, the year of the very first Thanksgiving festival. The Pilgrim Fathers have gathered to celebrate the first harvest in their newly settled lands of Plymouth Colony in what is now Massachusetts.