Thanksgiving and the Pilgrim Fathers

In the year 1621,one year after their arrival in The New World (America),the Pilgrim Fathers sat down at the table and are the first Thanksgiving meal.
Who were these people?Why were they giving thanks?The Pilgrims were a group of one hundred people who had left England for religious reasons.As they wanted a simple and pure lifestyle,not the rich decorations of the church and the arrogance of its bishops,they were called Puritans.At that time-when James I ruled England-nobody believed in things like religious tolerance so the Puritans were fined,imprisoned,and finally driven out of the country.
September 16th 1620 found them in the port of Plymouth boarding a very old ship,the Mayflower,to sail across the Atlantic Ocean to the New World.Their journey was full of dangers and difficulties.The rough rolling waves of the ocean and the shortage of food and water turned the Pilgrim's voyage into a nightmare.Fortunately,a much longed for sandy shore came into sight on the sixty-fifth day.
The hungry,frightened and sick Pilgrims decided to land and set up camp at a place far north of the land given to them by the Virginia Company (which is now the state of Massachusetts).
The happiness felt as they got ashore was short-lived.It was winter when they arrived.They had very little food left and no roof over their heads,only frozen ground,sharp winds and violent snow storms.Consequently,people got sick and died one after the other.When everything around seemed to be extremely hostile to the weak and disillusioned Pilgrims,something unexpected happened.Some local American Indians came to help.They brought the Pilgrims corn,turkey and other wild game.They also showed them the best places to fish and hunt.
Today,on the fourth Thursdsay of November,Americans have a special family get-together to celebrate Thanksgiving day.It is traditional time when they give thanks to God for all the things they have.
Although tastes have changed,corn,turkey,pumpkin and cranberry sauce or jelly remain part of the American Thanksgiving dinner as symbols of survival.

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