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Thanksgiving canada columbus day. According to wheaton college historian robert tracy mckenzie neither the pilgrims or native americans even considered what they celebrated to be a thanksgiving which is a protestant holy day dedicated to prayer not a feast centered on military drills and barbecue. In 1621 the plymouth colonists and wampanoag indians shared an autumn harvest. Thanksgiving may be americas most beloved national holiday but its history is all over the place.

The first thanksgiving day did occur in the year 1637 but it was nothing like our thanksgiving today. The mayflower did bring the pilgrims to north america from plymouth england. That mind set pervades everything they talk about and certainly thanksgiving he said.

The wampanoag thanksgiving experience what is the true history of thanksgiving. On that day the massachusetts colony governor john winthrop proclaimed such a thanksgiving to celebrate the safe return of a band of heavily armed hunters all colonial volunteers. Thanksgiving day is a national holiday in the united states and thanksgiving 2020 occurs on thursday november 26.

The dominant narratives regarding thanksgiving are largely inaccurate. Modern day thanksgiving may be a celebration of people coming together but thats not the whole story when it comes to the history of the day. Even the details of the famous feast between the plymouth colony settlers and the wampanoag.

Come thanksgiving day each year many of us give the nod to pilgrims and indians and talk of making ready for a harsh first winter in the new world. But for the christian the deepest roots of our thanksgiving go back to the old world way back before the pilgrims to a story as old as creation with a two millennia old climax. We all know that thanksgiving is an american holiday meant to celebrate and be grateful for our blessings and the friendship of others.

The timeline is relative. Jane kamensky a professor of history at brandeis university wondered on the website common place in 2001 whether it makes sense to stir up the historical pot to plumb the bottom of it all to determine whether the first thanksgiving was merely a pretext for bloodshed enslavement and displacement that would follow in later decades.