When was the First Thanksgiving Celebrated and Where?

When it comes to where was the first thanksgiving celebrated, there is a story among people that the pilgrims have celebrated the first Thanksgiving America in the year 1621 i.e., when newly arrived pilgrims, as well as Wampanoag Indians, have gathered at the Plymouth for the celebration of the autumn harvest which is an event that is regarded as the “First Thanksgiving” day of the Americans. But, as per some sources, it is known that Pilgrims have not celebrated the first thanksgiving in America and in fact, the pilgrim event which is known to be the first Thanksgiving was not the first Thanksgiving Day of the pilgrims and they have many such events before it which are not done on annual basis. They usually consider those days to thanks the god. Then, when was thanksgiving first celebrated?? To know about the detailed answer continue reading the article.

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It is said that, it is common in England and other parts of Europe to frequently choose some days for conveying thanks to god i.e., during the time when the Pilgrims have arrived to America in 1920. In this modern world, where the life has become harsh, there are many such days of Thanks and they are of kind such as the time when drought ended, when good crop comes in, when the ship of supply comes safely from the Europe or when the villagers have survived from the harsh winter etc. Among all such situations, the villagers used to thank god. This practice has been common until when the Thanksgiving has become the National Holiday in the year 1863. Most of these celebrations bore that somewhat resemblance to what we are thinking of the Thanksgiving Day. In fact, the particular Thanksgiving which is known to be celebrated by Pilgrims around November 1621 bore some resemblance to what it is represented now. If the Thanksgiving is not celebrated by the Pilgrims, then who have celebrated it, when and where?? Actually, no one knows about this for sure because the days of thanks were common in the new world.

Some sources say that, in this 19th century the Modern Thanksgiving has been started to take a shape. In the year 1846, the editor of the Godley’s Lady’s Book - Sarah Josepha Hale has campaigned for the annual national holiday for Thanksgiving after the passage regarding the harvest gathering harvest gathering in the year 1621 has been discovered and also labeled incorrectly as the First Thanksgiving Day. It was not there until 1863 i.e., when the President Abraham Lincoln has declared 2 national Thanksgiving Day’s in which one is in the month of August for commemorating the Battle of Gettysburg and the other one in November for giving thanks for the general blessings.

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