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  2. When was the first Thanksgiving? What to know about the ... - AOL

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    "The First Thanksgiving at Plymouth" (1914) oil on canvas by Jennie A. Brownscombe. Americans are told the first Thanksgiving took place in 1621, when the Pilgrim settlers of Plymouth ...

  3. Saints & Strangers - Wikipedia

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    Nat Geo's two-night miniseries about the first Thanksgiving is admirable in parts, though bland overall." [8] Maureen Ryan of Variety writes, "The serious intent of "Saints" trips it up at times; many characters remain one-dimensional, and some sequences are plodding or repetitive. That said, the mini features nuanced work in a number of the ...

  4. The Real History of Thanksgiving - AOL

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    Governor Bradford’s decreed, “For the next 100 years, every Thanksgiving Day ordained by a governor is in honor of the bloody victory, thanking God that the battle had been won.”

  5. Thanksgiving (United States) - Wikipedia

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    Thanksgiving is a federal holiday in the United States celebrated on the fourth Thursday of November (which became the uniform date country-wide in 1941). [2] [3] Outside the United States, it is sometimes called American Thanksgiving to distinguish it from the Canadian holiday of the same name and related celebrations in other regions.

  6. Days of humiliation and thanksgiving - Wikipedia

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    In Protestant Christianity, a day of humiliation or fasting was a publicly proclaimed day of fasting and prayer in response to an event thought to signal God's judgement. A day of thanksgiving was a day set aside for public worship in thanksgiving for events believed to signal God's mercy and favor. Such a day might be proclaimed by the civil ...

  7. Edward Winslow - Wikipedia

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    He was the author of several important pamphlets, including Good Newes from New England and co-wrote with William Bradford the historic Mourt's Relation, which ends with an account of the First Thanksgiving and the abundance of the New World. In 1655 he died of fever while on an English naval expedition in the Caribbean against the Spanish.

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  9. National Thanksgiving Proclamation - Wikipedia

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    The National Thanksgiving Proclamation was the first presidential proclamation of Thanksgiving in the United States. At the request of Congress, President George Washington declared Thursday, November 26, 1789 as a day of public thanksgiving and prayer. [ 1 ]