Women and children likely came ... served the Company almost a week." The Pilgrim’s “Thanksgiving” celebration didn’t become an annual tradition in America until the rediscovery of ...

“For the Pilgrims, the first day that they designated as a ‘thanksgiving’ was in July ... around 50 of the settlers — including men, women and children — joined the three-day gathering.

The Pilgrims would most likely consider their sober 1623 day of prayer the first actual Thanksgiving ... just slaughtered hundreds of Pequot men, women, and children in what is now Mystic ...