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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1619 - Rome, Italy
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