I watched the Charlie Brown Thanksgiving special the other night, so I'm current on my history of this :-)


>You are correct.
>A very interesting place is Plimouth Plantation in Plymouth Massachusetts. I have been there several times, with kids during school trips.
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>>You are both correct. The first Thanksgiving was celebrated by pilgrims who left England to have religious freedom. The original Thanksgiving was a celebration of a safe arrival (for the survivors), a bounteous harvest and new Native American friends. It was also a remembrance of those they lost on the journey.