The first Thanksgiving was a harvest celebration held by the pilgrims of Plymouth colony in the 17th century.
Many myths surround the first Thanksgiving. Very little is actually known about the event because only two firsthand accounts of the feast were ever written.
The first account is William Bradford’s journal titled Of Plymouth Plantation and the other is a publication written by Edward Winslow titled Mourt’s Relations.
What is known is that the pilgrims held the first Thanksgiving feast to celebrate the successful fall harvest. Celebrating a fall harvest was an English tradition at the time and the pilgrims had much to celebrate.
The 53 pilgrims at the first Thanksgiving were the only colonists to survive the long journey on the Mayflower and the first winter in the New World. Disease and starvation struck down half of the original 102 colonists.
Read the rest of this brief history of Thanksgiving here.
I wish you and your family a nice Thanksgiving. There is so much to be thankful for. To God be the glory.
Chris Reimers
Wings of the Wind 
Thanks for the history, Chris! I wish you and yours a Happy Thanksgiving!
Your welcome, Tom, and thank you for your kind words.
I wish you and yours a Happy Thanksgiving as well!
Thanks, Chris!
Happy Thanksgiving!
Happy Thanksgiving, Pastor Jim!
Same to you brother! Thankful for you on WordPress
Thank you, Pastor Jim. Thankful for you as well. 🙂
It is going well!