Through illustrations, graphic panels, photographs, sidebars, and more, kids can explore the little-known details behind the legends of the Mayflower and the first Thanksgiving. Squanto: The Life and Legacy of the Patuxet Native Who Saved the Pilgrims of the Mayflower by Charles River Editors Four hundred years later, the so-called first Thanksgiving is undergoing a reassessment. Museums and historic sites in Plymouth and around the country are telling a more nuanced story about the... Much of what has been taught in the years and decades after the arrival of Europeans in North America has skewed the actual history of what people think of as Thanksgiving. When it happened, what was eaten, and even who was involved have all been mythologized to such an extent the fact blends with fiction. The colonists of the Massachusetts Bay Company, not the Plymouth Colony, decreed a day of thanksgiving for their victory which is often interpreted by modern-day Native Americans as the basis for the Thanksgiving holiday which many observe as a Day of Mourning and reflection. "The Thanksgiving myth that many Americans have been brought up with would have us believe that the English were lucky enough to stumble upon friendly Indians," Silverman said. The Legend of the First Thanksgiving In 1620, as the legend goes, a boat filled with more than 100 people sailed across the Atlantic Ocean to settle in the New World. This religious group had begun to question the beliefs of the Church of England and they wanted to separate from it. Legend has it that the Connecticut town of Colchester postponed its Thanksgiving feast for a week in 1705 due to a molasses shortage. There could simply be no Thanksgiving without pumpkin pie. Thanksgiving Day, annual national holiday in the United States and Canada celebrating the harvest and other blessings of the past year. Americans generally believe that their Thanksgiving is modeled on a 1621 harvest feast shared by the English colonists of Plymouth and the Wampanoag people. The real history of Thanksgiving isn't the rosy story you learned as a kid. This is what really happened and why we need to remember.
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