The history of Thanksgiving goes much further back than
Plymouth and 1621. In fact, people across the world from every culture
have been celebrating and giving thanks for thousands of years.
In this country, long before English colonists arrived, Native People
celebrated many different days of thanksgiving. “Strawberry Thanksgiving”
and “Green Corn Thanksgiving” are just two of kinds of celebrations
for the Wampanoag and other Native People.
In 1621, the English colonists at Plymouth (some people call them
“Pilgrims” today) had a three-day feast to celebrate their first
harvest. More than 90 native Wampanoag People joined the 50 English
colonists in the festivities. Historians dont know for sure why
the Wampanoag joined the gathering or what activities went on for
those three days. Form the one short paragraph that was written
about the celebration at the time, we know that they ate, drank,
and played games. Back in England, English people celebrated the
harvest by feasting and playing games in much the same way.
The English did not call the 1621 event a “thanksgiving.” A day
of “thanksgiving” was very different for the colonists. It was a
day of prayer to thank God when something really good
happened. The English actually had their first thanksgiving in the
summer of 1623. On this day they gave thanks for the rain that ended
a long drought.
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