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Thanksgiving Day By the Numbers

Thanksgiving Day By the Numbers

Thanksgiving Day: 24 Nov. 2011 – In the fall of 1621, the Pilgrims, early settlers of Plymouth Colony, held a three-day feast to celebrate a bountiful harvest, an event many regard as the nation’s first Thanksgiving. Historians have also recorded ceremonies of thanks among other groups of European settlers in North America, including British colonists in […]