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Does anyone know the TRUTH about how "Thanksgiving" Day came about in 1637??
Governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony and the events that lead up to "Thanksgiving" as we know it today
3 Answers
- Anonymous1 decade agoFavorite Answer
It celebrates the genocide of the native peoples.
Source(s): first voices - Anonymous1 decade ago
The first official "Day of Thanksgiving" was proclaimed in 1637 by Governor Winthrop. He did so to celebrate the safe return of men from Massachusetts who had gone to Mystic, Connecticut to participate in the massacre of over 700 Pequot women, children, and men.
- AngelsFanLv 61 decade ago
That's a funny picture for a guy named Gina.
Gov.William Bradford and co. landed at Plymouth in 1620.Thanksgiving was based on the feast they had with Massasoit and his tribe the following Autumn,to thank God for keeping them through the hard year before.The Pequotes attacked the whites and the whites under William Bradford Jr.,kicked their butts,"King Phillips War"
