The first Thanksgiving feast was celebrated by the pilgrims of the Plymouth colony and about 90 Wampanoag Indians in 1621. The pilgrims had survived a devastating winter in which nearly half had died. Without the help of the Indians, all would have perished.
After the first harvest, Governor William Bradford proclaimed a day of thanksgiving and prayer to God. The food, which was eaten outdoors, included corn, goose, turkey, duck, eel, clams, leeks, plums, cod, bass, barley, venison and corn bread. The feast lasted 3 days.
George Washington proclaimed the first national day of Thanksgiving and it is celebrated on the fourth Thursday of November.
Nowadays turkeys win Thanksgiving pardon from US presidents and you can see George W Bush's on that day:
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