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ItiscelebratedonthefourthThursdayofNovemberintheUnitedStatesandonthesecondMondayofOctoberinCanada2/22

1.Origin2.Celebration（1）food（2）activities3/22

OriginJourney?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.4/22

Arrival?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.5/22

Day?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.??6/22

First?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?wouldve?included?a?day?of?fasting?and?praying,?others?say?that?the?Thanksgiving?dinner?did?take?place7/22

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