The Pilgrim's feast celebrating their first harvest in their new land in 1621 is often referred to as the first Thanksgiving. The three day feast brought together natives and pilgrims who ate plentiful amounts of venison, turkey, duck, and geese. President Lincoln made Thanksgivings a national holiday in 1863. Congress officially designated Thanksgiving as the fourth Thursday of November In 1941.
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