Pilgrims celebrated thanksgiving because they wanted to celebrate the accomplishment of their colony and how they survived throughout the harsh year with the help of the Indians.
Wampanoag
The year was 1621. The Plymouth colonists had their autumn feast, which was the first Thanksgiving supper. The Indians in question were from the Wanpanoag tribe. This harvest feast was a celebration of the cooperation between the pilgrims and the tribe.
The first holiday that was celebrated by the colonist in America was Thanksgiving. It was first celebrated in 1621 after the first autumn harvest with the Pilgrims and the Wampanoag indians.
I'm assuming your referring to Thanksgiving of 1621 at Plymouth Colony, MA, rather Thanksgiving of 1619 at Berkley Hundreds, VA since the Virginia colonists fasted that day. The hit of the party at Plymouth were the seven deer the Wampanoag Indians brought. The menu was rounded out by; geese, turkeys, ducks and assorted game birds, eels, lobsters, clams and assorted fish, berries, squash, pumpkins and assorted fruit.
Pilgrims celebrated thanksgiving because they wanted to celebrate the accomplishment of their colony and how they survived throughout the harsh year with the help of the Indians.
They celebrated for the harvest and celebrated for 3 days nonstop.
In 1621, the Plymouth colonists and Wampanoag Indians shared an autumn harvest feast that is acknowledged today as one of the first Thanksgiving celebrations in the colonies. For more than two centuries, days of thanksgiving were celebrated by individual colonies and states. It wasn't until 1863, in the midst of the Civil War, that President Abraham Lincoln proclaimed a national Thanksgiving Day to be held each November.
One of the first Thanksgivings was held in 1621 with the Plymouth colonists and Wampanoag Indians attending.
In 1621 the Plymouth colonists and Wampanoag Indians shared an autumn harvest feast which is acknowledged today as one of the first Thanksgiving celebrations in the colonies. For more than two centuries, days of thanksgiving were celebrated by individual colonies and states.
The Plymouth colonists, led by Gov. William Bradford proclaimed a day of thanksgiving and prayer, it was shared by all the colonists and neighboring natives. The original feast was in 1621.
In 1621, the Plymouth colonists and Wampanoag Indians shared an autumn harvest feast which is acknowledged today as one of the first Thanksgiving celebrations in the colonies
Who were the 2 people who attended the first Thanksgiving
The Plymouth colonists and Wampanoag Indians shared an autumn harvest feast together in 1621. It is now acknowledged as one of the first Thanksgiving celebrations in the colonies.
Wampanoag
deja jennings of 1894 bc participated in the first thanksgiving celebration!
90 Indians accompanied the colonists.