1/22ItiscelebratedonthefourthThursdayofNovemberintheUnitedStatesandonthesecondMondayofOctoberinCanada2/221.Origin2.Celebration（1）food（2）activities3/22Origin

Journey

of

Pilgrims

The

legendary

pilgrims,

crossed

the

Atlantic

in

the

year

1620

in

Mayflower-A

17th

Century

sailing

vessel.

About

102

people

traveled

for

nearly

two

months

with

extreme

difficulty.

This

was

so

because

they

were

kept

in

the

cargo

space

of

the

sailing

vessel.

No

one

was

allowed

to

go

on

the

deck

due

to

terrible

storms.

The

pilgrims

comforted

themselves

by

singing

Psalms-

a

sacred

song.4/22Arrival

in

Plymouth

The

pilgrims

reached

Plymouth

rock

on

December

11th

1620,

after

a

sea

journey

of

66

days.

Though

the

original

destination

was

somewhere

in

the

northern

part

of

Virginia,

they

could

not

reach

the

place

owing

to

winds

blowing

them

off

course.

Nearly46

pilgrims

died

due

to

extreme

cold

in

winter.

However,

in

the

spring

of

1621,

Squanto,

a

native

Indian

taught

the

pilgrims

to

survive

by

growing

food.5/22Day

of

Fasting

and

Prayer

In

the

summer

of

1621,

owing

to

severe

drought,

pilgrims

called

for

a

day

of

fasting

and

prayer

to

please

God

and

ask

for

a

bountiful

harvest

in

the

coming

season.

God

answered

their

prayers

and

it

rained

at

the

end

of

the

day.

It

saved

the

corn

crops.

6/22First

Thanksgiving

Feast

It

is

said

that

Pilgrims

learnt

to

grow

corn,

beans

and

pumpkins

from

the

Indians,

which

helped

all

of

them

survive

.

In

the

autumn

of

1621,

they

held

a

grand

celebration

where

90

people

were

invited

including

Indians.

The

grand

feast

was

organized

to

thank

god

for

his

favors.

This

communal

dinner

is

popularlyknown

as

“The

first

thanksgiving

feast”.

There

is

however,

no

evidence

to

prove

if

the

dinner

actually

took

place.

While

some

historians

believe

pilgrims

were

quite

religious

so,

their

thanksgiving

would've

included

a

day

of

fasting

and

praying,

others

say

that

the

Thanksgiving

dinner

did

take

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