Actually the 1621 Thanksgiving was not the first. On September 16, 1619, 38 English settlers, headed by Captain John Woodlief, sailed from England. and landed in the James River in Virginia. On December 4, 1619, 38 settlers and local natives held a Thanksgiving day at the Berkeley Hundred Settlement as instructions of the London Company had ordered prior to their sailing, to be observed perpetually. Howard Fitzpatrick Chesapeake, VA

This is interesting stuff. Is there more to be found? Will you please send in the URL? Thanks. Leslie (Bridges) Kohler ----- Original Message ----- From: <HAFITZ@aol.com> > Actually the 1621 Thanksgiving was not the first. On September 16, 1619, 38 > English settlers, headed by Captain John Woodlief, sailed from England. and > landed in the James River in Virginia. On December 4, 1619, 38 settlers and > local natives held a Thanksgiving day > at the Berkeley Hundred Settlement as instructions of the London Company had > ordered prior to their sailing, to be observed perpetually. > > Howard Fitzpatrick > Chesapeake, VA