12+ What Happened On The First Thanksgiving Pics. While no record exists of the first thanksgiving's exact menu, much of what we know about what happened at the first thanskgiving comes from pilgrim chronicler edward. The first thanksgiving was a fact finding party.
Winslow makes no mention of it, but the first thanksgiving coincided with what was, for the pilgrims, a new and startling phenomena, the turning of the green leaves of summer to the incandescent yellows.
Do you know what happened at the first thanksgiving? Here, in 1619, 38 english settlers sponsored by the london company supposedly toasted the arrival. The legend of the first thanksgiving. What was actually eaten at that first thanksgiving is far different from the turkey, mashed potatoes and stuffing that grace many holiday tables although americans now celebrate thanksgiving on the fourth thursday in november, historians can't pinpoint the exact date of the very first thanksgiving.
