This blog is about Thanksgiving facts, just in case some of you think that Thanksgiving is all about eating turkey, mashed potatoes, gravy, sweet potatoes, etc. The first Thanksgiving was a non-repeated, secular event; the pilgrims had a Calvinist Thanksgiving in 1623, but there was no sharing of food between the Pilgrims and Native Americans. The first national Thanksgiving celebration was in 1777.
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