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Originally Posted by WT Sharpe
I don't think any historian would deny that the Pilgrims were Johnny-come-VERY-latelies to the whole Thanksgiving thing, however. They were not the first, and they weren't even the first to celebrate in English!
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The Pilgrims are portrayed as celebrating with the Indians. I wonder if that was true, and if so, I wonder if they were the first to do that.
I know that in the case of St. Augustine, what the Spanish did occurred immediately upon arrival. They were thanking God for the safe voyage rather than for the bountiful harvest.