Every year on fourth thursday in november americans so-called thanksgiving. first people to celebrate this day were pilgrims. in november, 1621, they sat down to eat together and to give thanks to god for enabling them to survive hardships of their first year in america. pilgrims were joined at their feast by amerindians. people of near forests had shared corn with pilgrims and shown them best places to catch fish. later the amerindians had given seed corn to english settlers and shown them how to plant crops that would grow well in american soil. without them there would have been no thanksgiving.

Every year on the fourth Thursday in November Americans celebrate so-called Thanksgiving. 5. The first people to celebrate this day were the Pilgrims. In November, 1621, they sat down to eat together and to give thanks to God for enabling them to survive the hardships of their first year in America. The Pilgrims were joined at their feast by the Amerindians. The people of the near forests had shared corn with the Pilgrims and shown them the best places to catch fish. Later the Amerindians had given seed corn to the English settlers and shown them how to plant crops that would grow well in the American soil. Without them there would have been no Thanksgiving.