The First Day of Thanksgiving
Happy Thanksgiving! The following article from The WallBuilders, outlines actual events surrounding the very first Thanksgiving day observed by the first Pilgrim settlers in the future United States: Being Thankful in All Circumstances The original Pilgrim Thanksgiving commemorated by most Americans today occurred in 1621. It came at the end of a difficult winter for the Pilgrims, for they had suffered the loss of about half of their original party. Additionally, as explained by author and minister Ashbel Steele, obtaining food in their new land was extremely difficult: Some were employed in....fishing, to furnish for each family a goodly supply, others again were engaged in hunting, procuring, among other game, water fowl, wild turkey, and venison. Of meal, or Indian corn, one peck [that is, about two gallons, or one-fourth bushel] a week for each person was the apportioned supply. Of other meal or wheat, they had none; nor had they any mill for grinding; therefore thei...