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What is called "The First [[Thanksgiving]]" was not known as such to the Pilgrims.  The Pilgrims did recognize a celebration known as a "Thanksgiving", which was a solemn ceremony of praise and thanks to God for a congregation's good fortune.  The first such Thanksgiving as the Pilgrims would have called it did not occur until 1623, in response to the good news of the arrival of additional colonists and supplies. That event probably occurred in July and consisted of a full day of prayer and worship and probably very little reverie.<ref>Carolyn Freeman Travers, "Fast and Thanksgiving Days of Plymouth Colony,"  [http://plimoth.org/discover/thanksgiving/fastandthanks.php Plimoth Plantation]</ref>

What is called "The First [[Thanksgiving]]" was not known as such to the Pilgrims.  The Pilgrims did recognize a celebration known as a "Thanksgiving", which was a solemn ceremony of praise and thanks to God for a congregation's good fortune.  The first such Thanksgiving as the Pilgrims would have called it did not occur until 1623, in response to the good news of the arrival of additional colonists and supplies. That event probably occurred in July and consisted of a full day of prayer and worship and probably very little reverie.<ref>Carolyn Freeman Travers, "Fast and Thanksgiving Days of Plymouth Colony,"  [http://plimoth.org/discover/thanksgiving/fastandthanks.php Plimoth Plantation]</ref>

The event now commemorated at the end of November each year is more properly termed a "harvest festival".  The event was held probably in early October and was celebrated by the 51 surviving Pilgrims, along with Massasoit and 90 of his men.  Two contemporary accounts of the event survive: ''Of Plimoth Plantation'' by William Bradford as well as ''Mourt's Relation'' by Edward Winslow.  The celebration lasted three days and featured a feast that included numerous types of waterfowl, wild turkeys and fish procured by the colonists, as well as five deer brought by the Native Americans.<ref>See "Primary Sources for 'The First Thanksgiving' at Plymouth" (1998) at [http://www.pilgrimhall.org/1stthnks.htm online]</ref>

The event now commemorated at the end of November each year is more properly termed a "harvest festival".  The event was held probably in early October and was celebrated by the 51 surviving Pilgrims, along with Massasoit and 90 of his men.  Two contemporary accounts of the event survive: ''Of Plimoth Plantation'' by William Bradford as well as ''[[Mourt's Relation]]'' by Edward Winslow.  The celebration lasted three days and featured a feast that included numerous types of waterfowl, wild turkeys and fish procured by the colonists, as well as five deer brought by the Native Americans.<ref>See "Primary Sources for 'The First Thanksgiving' at Plymouth" (1998) at [http://www.pilgrimhall.org/1stthnks.htm online]</ref>

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