Thanksgiving pilgrims4/3/2023 ![]() ![]() George Webb, "Short direction for the daily exercise of the Christian," Grant us peace to use them reverently, as from Thy hands, with thankful hearts: let Thy blessing rest upon these Thy good creatures, to our comfort and sustentation: and grant we humbly beseech Thee, good Lord, that as we doe hunger and thirst for this food of our bodies, so our soules may earnestly long after the food of eternal life, through Jesus Christ, our Lord and Saviour, Amen. O Lord our God and heavenly Father, which of Thy unspeakable mercy towards us, hast provided meate and drinke for the nourishment of our weake bodies. Their prayers were spontaneous, however, and the exact words not known. (NOTE: This does NOT mean that the Pilgrims did not give thanks to God the Pilgrims were a deeply religious people and every activity in which they engaged was influenced by their deep reverence for Scripture.)Īs a deeply religious people, the Pilgrims undoubtedly prayed at the 1621 harvest feast. The event we know as the "First Thanksgiving" was a secular harvest feast and not, as far as we know, an official religious day of thanksgiving. A religious day of thanksgiving would be called only after the community had benefited from a single significant act of Divine Providence. The Sabbath, days of fasting and days of thanksgiving were the only religious holy days celebrated by the Pilgrims. The harvest feast is still with us and so, in subtler ways, is the religious spirit. The Thanksgiving we celebrate today is a combination of two very different New England traditions: the purely religious day of thankful prayer and the harvest feast. Baker, Director & Librarian, Pilgrim Society "We can't ask native people to be involved and then not talk about what happened to them.An exhibit by Peggy M. "For the first time, in an anniversary about the Mayflower's arrival, native people are telling their story," said Michele Pecoraro, executive director of Plymouth 400. Since 1970, Native Americans have held a National Day of Mourning on Thanksgiving to recognize the democide of native people throughout American history. Organizers of Plymouth 400, a commemoration throughout 2020 that will include a restored Mayflower, say they have put a greater focus on the perspective of native people than past anniversaries. Events next year, including an ancestors walk and indigenous history conference, were organized in consultation with a committee of Wampanoag people. "Our women were raped, our children were murdered, our men were murdered. "That's what that 75 years of peace was about – to teach them our way in survival – but unfortunately the story turns and twists such a different way," he said. He does not use the term "Thanksgiving" but describes a three-day feast with Massasoit and his men to "rejoice together, after we had gathered the fruit of our labors." It would have included games, military demonstrations, rejoicing and religious services, said Tom Begley, Plimoth Plantation's executive liaison for administration, research and special projects. ![]() Winslow's letter detailed a successful first year of harvest for the Pilgrims, with 20 acres of corn and six acres of barley. ![]() It was initially the last Thursday in November and later set as the fourth Thursday of the month. In 1841, publisher Alexander Young printed a book with Winslow's letter that coined the 1621 harvest feast America's "First Thanksgiving." It stuck. President Abraham Lincoln made Thanksgiving an official holiday in 1863. Sarah Josepha Hale, a writer and early Thanksgiving champion, led a campaign to reinstate the holiday, which had been proclaimed by early presidents but abandoned. ![]() holiday originated in New England in the 1830s. But Plymouth is considered home of the first "Thanksgiving" because the push to make it an official U.S. ![]()
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