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Essay on History of Thanksgiving
Thanksgiving is a very important holiday in present–day American culture. People all throughout America take extra care to make this day a
memorable and happy celebration. This tradition has been in the American lifestyle since 1621 when it first started. Even though this tradition has
been altered and changed the significance and meaning remains the same. The first Thanksgiving was an important landmark and made a huge
imprint in the American culture today. The first Thanksgiving was celebrated by the English Separatists who had come to the new world. They
came traveling on the mayflower to escape England for religious freedom. Many of the Separatists, often called pilgrims, suffered many hardships
on the way to the new world. Even...show more content...
. .[sic]" (Winslow 133). Truthfully it was not a Thanksgiving, which would have been solemn and prayerful. It was a Harvest Festival (Schwarz
1). They celebrated their great success in their first year in the New World. The Harvest Festival lasted three days, which the Pilgrims shared
with the local Indians, the Wampanoags. They ate all manner of fowl, venison, fish, nuts, and berries. Lacking dairy products, flour, and sugar
their meal was quite different from Americans today. The women did all the cooking while the men smoked and drank (Schwarz 1). There were
around ninety Wampanoag Indians and around fifty settlers. A peace treaty had been signed between them that let them enjoy each other's
company. "Amongst other recreations, we exercised our Arms, many of the Indians coming amongst us . . ." (Winslow 133). Indians had brought
an offering of five deer to their Governor (Winslow 133). Food was abounding in plenty. They had caught enough fowl to feed the company for a
week. It was a boisterous affair with many games and entertainment. So it might seem strange that Separatists would attend such an affair.
"Strangers, not staid separatists, probably dominated the merriment of the first Thanksgiving . . ." (Conforti 39). Spreading quickly, the First
Thanksgiving affected much of the New World. Just ten years later theMassachusetts Bay colony held their first Thanksgiving. Connecticut
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Essay On History Of Thanksgiving

  • 1. Essay on History of Thanksgiving Thanksgiving is a very important holiday in present–day American culture. People all throughout America take extra care to make this day a memorable and happy celebration. This tradition has been in the American lifestyle since 1621 when it first started. Even though this tradition has been altered and changed the significance and meaning remains the same. The first Thanksgiving was an important landmark and made a huge imprint in the American culture today. The first Thanksgiving was celebrated by the English Separatists who had come to the new world. They came traveling on the mayflower to escape England for religious freedom. Many of the Separatists, often called pilgrims, suffered many hardships on the way to the new world. Even...show more content... . .[sic]" (Winslow 133). Truthfully it was not a Thanksgiving, which would have been solemn and prayerful. It was a Harvest Festival (Schwarz 1). They celebrated their great success in their first year in the New World. The Harvest Festival lasted three days, which the Pilgrims shared with the local Indians, the Wampanoags. They ate all manner of fowl, venison, fish, nuts, and berries. Lacking dairy products, flour, and sugar their meal was quite different from Americans today. The women did all the cooking while the men smoked and drank (Schwarz 1). There were around ninety Wampanoag Indians and around fifty settlers. A peace treaty had been signed between them that let them enjoy each other's company. "Amongst other recreations, we exercised our Arms, many of the Indians coming amongst us . . ." (Winslow 133). Indians had brought an offering of five deer to their Governor (Winslow 133). Food was abounding in plenty. They had caught enough fowl to feed the company for a week. It was a boisterous affair with many games and entertainment. So it might seem strange that Separatists would attend such an affair. "Strangers, not staid separatists, probably dominated the merriment of the first Thanksgiving . . ." (Conforti 39). Spreading quickly, the First Thanksgiving affected much of the New World. Just ten years later theMassachusetts Bay colony held their first Thanksgiving. Connecticut Get more content on HelpWriting.net