Thanksgiving

Thanksgiving

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Long ago colonists came to America. Long before settlers came to the East Coast of the United States, Native American tribes were in the area.

Native Americans were there before other European settlers arrive on the Mayflower. The holiday dates back to 1621, the year after the Puritans arrived.

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Thanksgiving dinner almost always includes some of the foods served at the first feast: roast turkey, cranberry sauce, potatoes and pumpkin pie.

On the fourth Thursday of November, Americans celebrate Thanksgiving, a national holiday honoring the early settlers and their harvest feast known as the first Thanksgiving.

It includes some of the food served at the first feast: roast turkey, cranberry sauce, potatoes and pumpkin pie.

.The first Thanksgiving was actually in October.

.The largest pumpkin pie ever baked weighed 2020 pounds and measured just over 12 feet long.