The first Thanksgiving was held in 1621. The Pilgrims came to America on a ship named the Mayflower. The Pilgrims met the Native Americans and the Native Americans showed the Pilgrims how to plant crops so they could grow their own food and survive in the new land. The Pilgrims were very grateful to the Native Americans. So, they had a feast with the Native Americans because they helped the Pilgrims survive their first year at the new land. The Thanksgiving celebration the Pilgrims and the Native Americans had wasn't one day, it was three! The first Thanksgiving did not have any turkey, but the feast did include wild duck, geese, and venison, which is deer. They didn't have pumpkin or apple pie either because there wasn't any flour left to make the pie crust.
George Washington proclaimed a National Day of Thanksgiving in 1789. The Thanksgiving tradition continues today on the fourth Thursday of November as a national holiday which was decided by Congress in 1941.
Nice post Matt. I liked how you described everything and told us the history of thanksgiving. I learned a lot of new things like there wasn't any turkey or pumpkin pie eaten on thanksgiving. The only way you could make it better is to further explain the foods they ate but it is still a good post.
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