First Thanksgiving in 1492
“Remember learning about Thanksgiving in grade school?
Christopher Columbus set sail on his three ships -- the Niña, the
Pinta, and the Santa Maria -- and discovered America. In the process he
also proved that the world wasn't actually flat. Thanksgiving was a big
party where Christopher Columbus and his fellow pilgrims sat down for a
big feast with the Indians who, err, lived on the land before Columbus
"discovered" it (awkward), they ate turkey, and the Indians showed
the pilgrims how to make popcorn!
And they all lived happily ever after…”
And started a T-Shirt business apparently:
"The first official Thanksgiving did not take place in 1621 when the Pilgrims had a harvest time meal provided largely by the Wampanoag. "Instead, the first Thanksgiving was declared in 1637 by Governor (John) Winthrop of the Massachusetts Bay Colony to celebrate the massacre of over 700 Pequot men, women and children on the banks of the Mystic River in Connecticut."
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