About the Pilgrims and Thanksgiving

The pilgrims left England for New Holland to escape religious persecution.

They decided to go to America because they did not like their life in New Holland.

The boarded the Mayflower and landed at Plymouth Rock on December 11, 1620.

Their first winter was terrible and they lost many of their group.

Their first harvest in the fall of 1621 was bountiful.

They celebrated the harvest with the Indians who helped them survive. The feast lasted for three days.