Many N.E. Indians have four Thanksgivings

Carol W. Kimball

Thanksgiving history.
Native Americans.

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8: Communication Artifact

Documentary Artifact

The Day

New London, CT

11/23/1988

Carol W. Kimball

Was the first Thanksgiving, 1621, with Pilgrims and Indians, at Plymouth, Mass. or, in truth, as the late Princess Red Wing of the Wampanoags liked to remind us, Native Americans observed Thanksgivings in North America long before the coming of the while man. Many New England Indians continue to celebrate four Thanksgivings every year. One in late winter for the maple syrup, one in June for the strawberries, one in midsummer for the green beans and one in the fall at the time of harvest. But it wasn't until 1863 when President Lincoln, in the midst of the Civil War, proclaimed the first national Thanksgiving to be held the last Thursday in November.

Princess Red Wing
Bradford, William (Gov.)
Massasoit
Standish, Myles
Lincoln, Abraham (Pres.)

Thanksgiving
Pilgrims
Indians
Plymouth
Massachusetts
feast
November
Virginians
Wampanoags
North American natives
New England Indians
Great Spirit
God
maple syrup thanksgiving
strawberry thanksgiving
green bean thanksgiving
harvest thanksgiving
Plymouth
ceremony