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Jamestown
The first English colony in North America is founded in Jamestown. -
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Timeline of Thanksgiving
Timeline of events from the first Thanksgiving through the first Macy's Day Parade -
John Smith
Becomes the leader of the Jamestown settlement. -
Mayflower
The Pilgrims sail to America from England on a ship named the Mayflower and arrive in Cape Cod Massachusetts. -
Mayflower Compact
They wrote an agreement to create laws and elect leaders for their new Colony. -
Harvest Feast
The Pilgrims celebrate a good harvest with prayer and celebration and the Wampanoag had joined their three day celebration. This is what is thought of as the first Thanksgiving Celebration. -
First Thanksgiving in newly established United States
The first Thanksgiving where all 13 Colonies celebrate. -
George Washington's declaration
America's first president declares this a day for thanksgiving and prayer across the nation. -
Sarah Hale
She started a campaign in pushing that there be a national Thanksgiving holiday where everyone celebrated on the same day. She tried for several years getting the same answer of no, until the Civil War started in 1861and she proposed it to President Lincoln. -
Lincoln issues Proclamation
President Lincoln declares Thanksgiving a national holiday to be celebrated the fourth Thursday of November to bring the people together during the Civil War. -
Thanksgiving today.
Many of us celebrate by watching the Macy's Thanksgiving Day parade. The first parade was in New York in 1924.
