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Thanksgiving start
The origin of this celebration dates back to 1621, when the English newcomers to Plymouth, now Massachusetts, and the Wampanoag Indians who lived there, gathered to celebrate the fall harvest. That dinner is considered the first Thanksgiving in history. -
ANOTHER DAY OF THANKSGIVING?
Others point to 1637 as the true origin of Thanksgiving, due to the fact that the governor of the Massachusetts colony, John Winthrop, declared a Thanksgiving day to celebrate the colonial soldiers who had just murdered 700 men, women and men. Pequot children in what is now Mystic, Connecticut. -
New England Confederation
The Wampanoag warriors responded by embarking on a series of raids, and the New England Confederation of Colonies declared war in 1675. The initially neutral Colony of Rhode Island and the Providence Plantations were eventually drawn into the fight, as were other nearby tribes. like the Narragansetts. The war was bloody and devastating. -
Sarah Josepha Hale
The proposal was prompted, according to History, by writer Sarah Josepha Hale, who was also an advocate for women's education. In 1827 he wrote a novel called 'Northwood: A Tale of New England', in which he included an entire chapter on the tradition that was already popular in parts of the United States. -
Official designation
But the celebration of Thanksgiving and its official designation as a holiday in the United States began in 1863, when it was proclaimed by the then president of the United States, Abraham Lincoln. -
Lincoln proclaimed the official Thanksgiving celebration
After years of lobbying by Hale, Lincoln proclaimed the official Thanksgiving celebration on the first Thursday in December, which was moved forward to the fourth Thursday in November in 1939 by former President Franklin Roosevelt, with the intention of extending the term of holiday shopping and stimulate economic activity during the great depression.
