Thanksgiving (United States) The most prominent historic thanksgiving event in American popular culture is the 1621 celebration at the Plymouth Plantation, where the settlers held a harvest feast after a successful growing season. Autumn or early winter feasts continued sporadically in later years, first as an impromptu religious observance and later as a civil tradition. The Plymouth settlers, known as Pilgrims, had settled in land abandoned when all but one of the Patuxet Indians died in a plague. After a harsh winter killed half of the Plymouth settlers, the last surviving Patuxet, Squanto (who had learned English and avoided the plague as a
On a Holiday "Smile" track, "Roll Plymouth Rock", is repeated in the chorus. In the opinion of Consequence of Sound's Dean Essner, the original "has no vocals at all, allowing for the track’s wind instruments and marimbas to gorgeously swell at the front of the mix. But on "Brian Wilson Presents SMiLE", Wilson sings a forgettable line about pirates, cluttering up the otherwise simple, feathery melody." "PopMatters" Sean Murphy characterized the song as a "Zappa-esque romp". On a Holiday "Holidays" (later renamed "On a Holiday") is an unfinished instrumental composed by Brian Wilson for American rock band the Beach Boys. Intended for the