Thanksgiving - The modern Thanksgiving holiday tradition

Time: 1619

Place: Virginia, U.S.

Details: The modern Thanksgiving holiday tradition is traced to a well-recorded 1619 event in Virginia and a sparsely documented 1621 celebration at Plymouth in present-day Massachusetts.

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