Thanksgiving

Juliana Rosario Hernández Gómez

• Thanksgiving is celebrated in the
U.S. every fourth Thursday of
November
• Families gather for a large meal
• The menu usually includes
turkey, corn, cranberry sauce,
sweet potato and pumpkin pie
Relationship between the Native
American and colonists

The arrival of the Mayflower wasn’t Native

Americans’ first-contact episode with Europeans,
by the time pilgrims arrived, at least two or more
Wampanoags spoke English and had already been
to Europe and back. Ousamequin, Wampanoag
leader, sought an alliance with the English at
Plymouth because he wanted to avert his tribal
rebels. The relationship deteriorated and
culminated in a brutal war.
The Great Dinner

English people used to celebrate Thanksgivings

without feasting, instead they fasted and prayed to
God.
The idea of pilgrims being the fathers of America
was spread by pilgrim descendants to reinforce
their cultural authority because it was fading as
New England was losing relevance at the early
republic.
 Politic Strategy
 The Rev. Alexander Young made a publication
mentioning the dinner with a footnote that read:
“This was the first Thanksgiving, the great
festival of New England”
 The idea gained stregth and the public widely
accepted it
 It was then declared a holiday during the Civil
War by Abraham Lincoln in order to foster unity
 National Day of
Mourning
Native Americans gather for a day of
remembrance in Plymouth,
Massachussets. They dedicate speeches
and prayers accompanied by drums
and then proceed to march around the
Plymouth Historic District to honour
their deceased ancestors.
thank you