The Thanksgiving StoryLong ago, in the year 1620, a group of people called the Pilgrims wanted to live somewhere they would be free to live how they wanted to.
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The Thanksgiving Story Long ago, in the year 1620,
a group of people called the Pilgrims wanted to
live somewhere they would be free to live how they wanted to.
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The Thanksgiving Story They decided to sail across the
ocean to a new land called America. They boarded
the boat called the Mayflower and sailed across the ocean.
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The Thanksgiving Story They landed on the shore of
America at Plymouth and had to go to work
right away building homes and finding food.
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The Thanksgiving Story Winter was very hard on the
Pilgrims and many died. Many more would have died
but a Native American named Squanto came to help them.
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The Thanksgiving Story He showed them how to plant
corn and other plants. He showed them which plants
they could use for medicine or food and which ones were poisonous.
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The Thanksgiving Story That year the harvest was plentiful
and they had enough food for winter. They decided
to celebrate. Governor Bradford declared a day of prayer and Thanksgiving. They invited the Indians and they feasted, played games, and celebrated for three days.