the first thanksgiving was celebrated in the united states on october 1621.
the first thanksgiving was celebrated in the united states on october 1621.
when was the first thanksgiving celebrated in the united states?
october 1621
the event that americans commonly call the "first thanksgiving" was celebrated by the pilgrims after their first harvest in the new world in october 1621. this feast lasted three days, and—as accounted by attendee edward winslow—it was attended by 90 native americans and 53 pilgrims. the new england colonists were accustomed to regularly celebrating "thanksgivings"—days of prayer thanking god for blessings such as military victory or the end of a drought.









































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thanksgiving (united states)
started in 1920, the philadelphia parade is billed as the oldest thanksgiving day parade in the country. like other parades of its type, it features balloons, floats, high school marching bands, and celebrities. the first thanksgiving day parade held in 1920 was sponsored by gimbels department store; it kept on going through world war ii. when the parade was begun, it was called the gimbels thanksgiving day parade. ellis gimbel, one of the founders of gimbels department stores, wanted his toyland to be the destination of holiday shoppers everywhere. he had more than 50 store employees dressed in costume and sent to walk in their first thanksgiving day parade. the parade featured floats and marchers paraded down market street, with the finale consisting of santa claus arriving at the eighth floor toy department at gimbels by climbing the ladder of a philadelphia fire department ladder truck. gimbels emulated other holiday parades already in existence. the santa claus parade in peoria, il is held on the day after thanksgiving and is the oldest, continuously-held holiday parade in the country. it was founded in 1887 under the sponsorship of frederick block and the schipper & block (later block & kuhl) department store. block's example led to the founding of similar parades in other cities. the retail parade tradition continues today.
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