The History Of Thanksgiving

It was to said the first thanksgiving happened in England this was because the pilgrims were basically feat up with their kings decisions on not letting them spread their religion as they pleased so they decided to travel to another location they traveled on a ship named the mayflower once they arrived to plymouth it was snowing making it difficult to live by there until native Americans stumbled upon them. The native Americans taught them how to live under harsh conditions for example surviving through the winter and fall how to hunt along with growing their own crops this was actually a three day tradition so they decided to make a feast for them saying thanks for all the hospitality given yet it didn't become a tradition until 200 years later they didn't even have turkey or pumpkin pie not even potatoes yet they did have corn and cranberries yet not in a sauce it was plain, it wasn't until 1789 when George Washington announced the first ever thanksgiving tradition on Thursday November 26th even so it hasnt became a tradition nation wide until around the 19th century that was when an american writer named sara josepha hale who made the most famous nursery rhyme "marry had a little lamb" was inspired by a diary of a pilgrim life wanting to recreate the whole big feast thing in the beggining of 1827 hale wagged a 30 year debate on having thanksgiving a national holiday she had also published recipies for turkey, pumpkin pie , and even cranberry sauce