Thanksgiving and Thanksgiving Day

Everything started with a small ship and 102 passengers, after and uncomfortable trip that lasted 66 days. They placed anchor near the tip of Cape Cod where they later went to Mayflower across Massachusetts Bay, where the pilgrims started to establish. During the first extreme winter only half the original passengers survived. Later on the survivors received a visit from an Abenaki Indian, days later the Abenaki Indian came back with another Indian named Squanto.   Squanto taught the Pilgrims, weakened by malnutrition and illness, how to cultivate corn, extract sap from maple trees, catch fish in the rivers and avoid poisonous plants. In November 1621, after the pilgrims first corn harvest governor William Bradford organized a celebration known as thanksgiving. Thanksgiving didn’t become a tradition until later on but since then people spend time with their families where they enjoy delicious food and the company of their loved ones.  

 Reflection:

Ø  I’m thankful for having a lot of friends                       

Ø  My family being healthy

Ø  For having a place to sleep

Ø  Having food to eat every day

Ø  Being able to spend time with my nephews

Ø  Still talk with my dad

Ø  Be alive

Ø  For being healthy

Ø  To be able to play football

Ø  For having a great family which I love

Ø  Being who I am

Ø  Living in California