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When was the first Thanksgiving?

The first thanksgiving was held in 1621. It was a traditional English harvest celebration. The pilgrims invited the Native Americans to celebrate the first Thanksgiving with them because Native Americans had taught the colonists how to fish, plant crops, and hunt for animals. Native Americans also helped the colonists how to survive in a new land, especially during the very cold winter. However, more than half of people in their group could not make it through their first harsh winter in a new land. The remained people survived and reaped their first harvest. They were so thankful for being alive and able to reap their first harvest, so they invited Native Americans to celebrate with them on their first harvest.

What kind of food which did they eat on their first Thanksgiving Day? They had turkeys, squash, and corns. Most of their food which they had on their first celebration of Thanksgiving is still served today on every Thanksgiving Day. However, Historians believed that seafood was also one of a main dish of their feast because they were able to catch some seafood in the Atlantic Ocean where they lived nearby.

What kind of utensils which they used for eating?

They ate their food right off the table with spoons, knives, and their own fingers. They did not use fork at all. Large napkins for wiping their hands and wrapping it around their very hot food so they can hold the food up and eat.

What was the national Thanksgiving Day declared?

Thanksgiving Day becomes a very important holiday for Americans though Thanks Giving Day in one state was different from other states. However, Sarah Hale, a 19th century writer who wrote letters to presidents to request for a permanent day of thanksgiving, and in 1863, President Abraham Lincoln declared the last Thursday of November as a day of thanksgiving for everyone in all states. But President Lincoln did not establish it as a national holiday. Each state had a right to decide when it would celebrate thanksgiving until 1941 that thanksgiving was declared as a national holiday for everyone by President Franklin D. Roosevelt. He also moved Thanksgiving Day back one week for some reasons. Americans celebrate thanksgiving each year on the fourth Thursday of November since president Franklin D. Roosevelt declared.