I'd like to take this time to note that the Jamestown settlers weren't the first to hold a Thanksgiving celebration in my country, only the first to hold one in English. Before the Virginian celebration, French Huguenot colonists, on June 30, 1564, celebrated Thanksgiving at a settlement near Jacksonville, Florida. And before that, there was a Spanish Thanksgiving in Texas celebrated by explorer Francisco Vasquez de Coronado and 1,500 of his men in May of 1541.
Happy Thanksgiving, history buffs!
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