Birth of Thanksgiving

Back in the year 1621... Began a tradition, for everyone... It started with fleeing from religious persecution... As a group from England sought a solution... They landed in Holland, but to their demise... Which after a while brought quite a surprise... Found their children attached to the ways of the Dutch... And by their standards, considered frivolous and such... Threating education and morality... Which was the original reason why they did flee... They set sail again, all one-hundred and ten... Young and the old, women and men... Where they were going, no one knew... Not even the Captain nor his crew... On a large wooden ship , they sailed out to sea... And for sixty-five days, not all did agree... So after landing, a meeting was held... The name “Pilgrim “ was chosen, and no one quelled... Winter was devastating, so many died... And of the one-hundred and ten , only fifty survived... On March of 1621...two Indians appeared... They both spoke English, so no one feared... Samoset and Squanto taught them trapping, hunting and planting of corn... So the next years’ winter, they would all be well fed and warm... On the fourth Thursday of November, before the snow fell... The Pilgrims and Indians, or so I hear tell... Sat down to a feast fit for a king... On this the first of a “ Thanksgiving “...