A painting by J.L.M. Ferris depicting the first Thanksgiving celebrated by Native Americans and the Pilgrims in 1621. A painting by J.L.M. Ferris depicting the first Thanksgiving celebrated by ...

The first mass was celebrated when Pedro Menendez de Aviles founded Saint Augustine, Florida, on September 8, 1565. State Library and Archives of Florida Prepare to have your Thanksgiving history ...

The First Thanksgiving”, a painting by J.L.G. Ferris produced in the early 20th century depicting the Plymouth Colony settlers and American Indians celebrating a bountiful harvest following the ...

The leader wore red face paint and a small bag of tobacco ... describing what has come to be known as the first Thanksgiving: “Our harvest being gotten in, our Governor sent four men on fowling ...

A painting depicting the first Thanksgiving features pilgrims and native Americans joining together for a feast. A painting depicting the first Thanksgiving features pilgrims and native Americans ...

Norman Rockwell’s classic “Freedom From Want”; Cape Cod artist Karen Rinaldo’s painting, “First Thanksgiving in Plymouth”; and Winslow Homer’s “Castle Garden,” depicting an ...

Photo courtesy of Library of Congress. Public domain. For generations, American schoolchildren were taught that the first Thanksgiving in 1621 was a joyous gathering between the Pilgrims who ...

Artist Jennie Augusta Brownscombe painted this work, The First Thanksgiving at Plymouth, in 1914. Fine Art Images/Heritage Images/Getty Images Preparation and leftovers looked a little different ...

The Pilgrims, as they would later be known, celebrated for three days—an event immortalized in American history as the first Thanksgiving.

While this has become known as the first Thanksgiving for many, the first recorded religious one in Plymouth happened in 1623. This feast came when the colonists gave thanks to God for rain after ...