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History Of Thanksgiving

People in the United States celebrate Thanksgiving on the fourth Thursday of November, a national holiday honoring the early pioneers and Native Americans who came together to hold a historic harvest feast.


In 1620 a small ship called The Mayflower left their home in England seeking a new home where they could freely practice their religion. The people on The Mayflower are commonly known as pilgrims. They eventually settled on a place called Plymouth, which is now a town in Massachusetts. When they got there it was a ba