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The story of the thefirst thefirst thefirst first New England rngland Thanksgiving Th'lnksgl\"lng Th'lnksgl Thlnksgl "lng lng ' ' \ " fiom flOm from which our ourpresent ourpresent ourpresent present dav day celebration celehr'lUon celehrlUon ' is a direct d'scendgnt dscendgnt ( } descendantfs d'scendgntIs pscen ' 'lnt lnt 'lntfs ' fs Is familiar to nil Amerlc'lUs-how Amerlc'lUs AmerlclUs how Americans-how Americans Americans ' - how that firstwinter first firstwinter firstwinter winter of the Pilgrims in America Amerlc'l Amerlcl ' hid h1.d h1d had . been aterrible a aterrible terrible one of cold and sicknessvhlch sickness \ which \vhlch vhlch had bad left leftonly leftonly leftonly only 55 of the little IIttJe company comp'1nv comp1nv companv ' of 101 10 ] alive nlhe ante whenthe wben when wbenthe whenthe the ; spring cprlng of 1 1021 1621 1 came nronnd around how all an through throughthe throughthe throughthe the summer thewatch thcv the\ the they ' \ watch watched < > d with Ith the greatest greatestamlety greatestanxiety greatestanxiety amlety anxiety : the progress prog-recs prog recs - ; of the crops they had bad sown sownand sownand sownand and how when whE'n ' autumn came there was W'lS WlS ' a bOUD boun bOUDtiful bountiful bountiful tiful harvest harvestThen . " Then according to Mourt's Mourts Iourt's Iourts ' * ' Relation 'HelatlOn HelatlOn Ilelation or Jour Journal Journag Journal nal nag of the Plantation Pl'lnt'ltlon Pllntltlon ' ' at Plymouth " " . 'Our Our ' Our har harvest harvest harvest vest beln being gotten to In , , our Gouvenour sent foure fouremen fouremen fourcmen men on fo\vlin fo vlin fowling \ , tint th'lt thlt that ' so we might : after Ifter a it morE morespecinll morespecinll > speclnll specinll manner m'lnnpr mlnnpr ' rejouce together , after nfter we hadgathered had hadgathered gathered athere the frutt fruit of our labours , thefourt thee they the\ the \ foure fourt > In Inone inone Inone one day dny hilled killed as much fowle.c fowie fowle Towle < \ . as \.c .c ; with a it little littlehepe littlehelpe littleheipe hepe helpe ] besides bestdes served tlie the Company almost almo t a weekat wee week weekat ] , at which hlch time 'lmon lmon ' amongst st other Recrcitions Hecre'ltIons HecreltIons Recreations ' , we weex'rclsed weexercised weexercised ex'rclsed exrclsed exercised ( ' our Armes minv m'lnv mlnv nranv ' of the Indians Indl'lns Indllns ' com corn comIng corning cornIng Ing amon amongst st us ' and 'lnd lnd nmon amongst ct ; the rpst rest their theirgreatest theirgreatest theirgreatest greatest Kin Km Tin ? , ; \ Massasojt 1\1'lcs'lcoJ 1 1'lcs'lcoJ 1lcslcoJ Macsaso3t ' : ' ; t \ with Ith some ninctle nlnetle ndnetie men menwhom menwhom menwhom whom for three doves da3es I1'1J I11J ' es we entertained entert\ined entert ined . \ and andfeastet andfeasted andfeasted feastet feasted ! and tll thee tbev ( > , \ went , ent out and killed klI1ed five fiveDeere fiveDeere fiveDeere Deere which they brought to the Plantation andbestowed and andbestowed andbestowed bestow-ed bestow ed bestowed - on our GOt1\ GOt1 Gouvernour GOt1ernmlr Gouternour \ ernmlr , and upon the C3P Cap C3Ptalne Captame Captaine talne tame . , and others " The popular popul'1t popul1t ' view 'View \ ' lew Is that this "first first " Thanksgiving Thankc Thanks Thanksgiving ; giving ' " " * . \ was \ as the beginning of a scries serIes of such suchceebr suchcelebritlons suchcelebntlons ceebr ceebrtlons celebritlons ] \tlons tlons \ even a'Very aVery e , ' en yeir ye'lr yelr year ' But nut the fact hct Is th'lt thlt that th'ltthe thatthe thitthe ' the following year 16 1G22 1 G _ 2 no such s\1ch s 1ch \ obser\ obser observance obser'lDCa obsersance \ 'lDCa lDCa ' occurrcd oc octurred occurrcd turred currcd In 1G 1C23 1023 3 a day of thanksgiving tlmnksgrting thanks 1\ 1 \ 1Ing Ing Ing'lS was \\'lS 'lS lS \ ' \ ' held heldbut heldbut heldbut but not nl.Jt nlJt . In tM th2 ( he autumn and nnd not In tn to connectIon connectIonwith connectionwith connectionwith with the han harvest hartest ect : . . , It wis W'lS WlS was ' ohen observed obersed . , ed on Julv July go 3n goand 3nand 30and and liad had to do \ with \ Ith the safe arrival of a ship shipload shipload shipload load of provisions from England rnland rngland rnglandFrom rnlandrrom EnglandFrom : , From rrom then on for decades Th'lnJ.c ThlnJ.c ThlnJc Thanksgiving Thanksghtng ' . ; " In was wasobserved \ wisobserved 'l"i li 'l"iobserved ' " observed in most mo < ; t Irregulir Irreguhr Irregular fashion fasluon Some yeirswere ye'lrC yelrC years yearswere ' ; were skipped , some ome voars v'lrs vlrs scars ( , ' hid h'ld hld had ' more than one onecelehrCtloncometimes onecelebrationsomethnes onecelebration celehrC\tlon-cometimes celehrC tlon cometimes celebration-somethnes celebration somethnes \ - - ; sometimes for the arrival arrhal of shIps shIpsmore shipsmore shipsmore more often for victory vlctorv over mer oter the Indians Indlan as In theInstance the theInstnnce theInstance Instnnce Instance of ' quplling I'JIIPllln IJIIPllln quelling the PE Pequnt-s Pequnt s Pequots > CIIOt.t CIIOtt ] . - ; In 1C37 1G.17 1G17 1G37 . and nnd thp the thpdefeat thedefeat thpdefeat defeat of Kln King Philip In lG7 1G7G 1676 It was Has \ \ fie : ; not until untilIGs until1GSQ IGs 1659 J < tint th'lt thlt that ' the Massachusetts Mascachusetts 'I'lf Ilf ' ' . 1chusett8 ' general enertll court Issuer1 issued Issuer1the issuedthe issuedthe the first recorded recordE ' 'I I < ' fornnl form'll formll formal ' Thanksgiving ThanhsglIng Thnnksgising Thanhsgl\ Thanhsgl \ Ing proc pros proclamatlon proslamatlon proclaroatlon proclaroatlonDuring lamatlon lamatlonDuring During the HevolutionJrvar Revolutionary HevolutionJrv Itevolutlonarv \ war \\ar ar the > people nnd and nndthe andthe andthe the army observed obcervell ; an annual annuul ' 1 ' 1hanlsglsing hank hanlc , sglv ; h ing mg dayby day dayby dayby by proclamation prochmatlon of the Continental ContlDent'll ContlDentll ' congress conrrpss : , , bllt but blltafter butafter butafter after peace pe'lce pelce ' was declared declarcd It was discontinued discontinueduntil discontinueduntil discontinueduntil until 1783In 1789 1783 1789In 1789In In that iear year ear a new element came C'lme Clme ' Into thl the theobservance throbservance > obcrvance observance ! ) of ot Thanksgiving Th'lnksglvlng Thlnksglvlng ' and one wliicb which hac has hassurvived hassurvived ; survived In the pro-sent pro sent prsent present pr < > -sent sent - - celebration That wasthe wac was wasth ; th the " , . Presidential proclamation of a Th'luksglvtn Thluksglvtn Thauksgiving Thauksgivingday Thanksgivingday ' ; day for the \ whole hole nation and It was Georg George GeorgeWashington GeorgeWashington ( > Wasbln Washington ton the first President , who Issued bl1ch such bliclia bl1cha sucha a proclamation proclamntoll [ settln setting aside nsde [ Thursday Thurcday : ; , Novembcr Novem November November ber 2G 26 , , 1789 17W . , as the dayIt dayIt dav day davIt It bo happened that Thursday Tbursday , November 20 26 2617b 201789 1789 1789u 17b 9 , . , was sins \\u u \ " tlic the last Thursday In November No\cmbcr No cmbcr Notember \ th'lt thlt that thatyear thatyear th'ltyear ' year and tint th'it thit ' fact was WliS to have h\\e h e hase : \ an Important Importantbearing Importantbearing Importantbearing bearing on the Inter I'ltcr Iltcr hter ' history hhtory , of ot Tbanl Thanksgiving Thanksgivingdav Thanksgivingday cglviJlg cglviJlgdav : ; dav day , as ns we sha shall ) sec see farther on In thl this < ; articleBut article articleBut articleBut But althou although h ashlngton nshlngton Vashington \ \ was the first to Issuf Issue Issuea ' n a Presidential proclamation procl'lmatlon procllmatlon prochmntlon ' for a 8 national nationalThanksgiving nationalThanksgiving nationalThanksgiving Thanksgiving day , he did not establish est'1bllsh est1bllsh ' a prce prace prcedent pracedent precedent ( dent which whkb was WILt ; followed follocd follo\\ follo \ \ cd consistently consl"itently conslitently " Duringhis Durln During Duringhie his hie second administration , he again ngaln Issued Iccued : ; n a nThnnkoglving aThanksgiving aThanksgiving Thnnkoglving Thanksgiving ; : proclamntlon procluD1nUon proclamation On Tanuarv Januarv Ianuarv 1 I , 179 17)5 175 1793 * ) : ; , In Plill Philadelphia Phl1'ldelphh Phl1ldelphh ' tdelphh , , which whleh w ' was w.s 'vas vas \.s .s < \ . then the mtlonal national mtlonalc1pltal nationalclpital nationalcapital c1pltal clpital , he called c'llled cllled ' upon Ullon his Ills fellow Americans AmerIc'lns AmerIclns ' to"set toset to to"set to"set "set set "set.p'lrt " < \ . apart \.p'lrt .plrt .p'lrt plrt ' and anll observe ohserse ohsen e .I I ' . Ihursday hursday Zhursday , the nineteenth nineteenthday nineteenthda nineteenthd'1 d'1 d1 day ' ; of February rebruary Pehrnary next ne\.t ne.t ne .t t ' \ . , , as a day dav of public thnnks thanks thnnksglrlng thanksgiving thanksgiving glrlng giving and anll praver prayer pM er , and on that th'lt thlt ' dD day . v to meet meettogether meettogether meettogether together and render their : sincere cmcere and hearty heartythanks heartythanks 111\nks 111 nks thanks ' \ to the Great Rulci Rulel Rulet of Nations for ' a long longI1st longlist longlist I1st list of blessings blessllls ' ; which the country was then thenenjoying thenenjoying thenenjoying thenenjoyingThe enjoying enjoying'fhe enjoyingThe ' The 'fhe fhe example e\ample e ample ' \ set bJ b3 b ; "nshlngtonIS " Washington "nshlngton nshlngton was \\IS IS vas \ : followed followedbv followedby followedbv bv by his succe successor sor , . John Adams Ad'lms Adlms ' , \ who ho proclaImed proclaImedtwo proclaimedtwo proclaimedtwo two lh 1h .I I ' . h inkSoiving mJ.soiIng rnksbhing mJ.soi\ mJ.soi . \ Ing davs dais d'l dl ' s during his administration admmlstratlon admmlstratlonone administrationone -one one - one on l \ Wednesday \ ednesda ednesda3 ednesda3hy . , May 'I'ly Ily \hy hy ' \ ' 9 ! ) 1798 17fJ8 , and the other otheron otheron otheron on Thursd'lApril Thursday Thursd'l\ Thursd'l Thursdl ' \ ' , April 25 , 1799 1709 17 9 This custom , how how- howC howeter however - ever Cer eter C\ C \ er was allowed alloed allotted allo\\ allo \ ed to lapse 13p e during the two termsof terms termsof termsof of Thomas Thomac ; Jefferson but It was revived revl\"ed revl "ed ed \ " by James JamesMahson JamesMadison JamesMadison Mahson Madison ( st \ who \ ho Issued Icsued : four such proclamations proclam'ltlons proclamltlons ' dur durIng durIng durIng Ing his ' administration 'ldmmlstr'ltlon ldmmlstrltlon ' The first one of these set setaSide setaside setaside aSide the third ' ' Thursday 'lhursday lhursday 'Thursday in Au August uct ; of 1S12 1812 , the thesecond thesecond thesecond second named the |