The prototypical Thanksgiving feast featuring the uniquely North American turkey, squash and pumpkin was introduced to Nova Scotia in the 1750s. This was 17 years before what is often recognized as the first American Thanksgiving - the Pilgrims’ celebration of their first harvest in Massachusetts in 1621 (which was actually predated by several similar events in the New England colonies by at least 14 years). Having attended the festivities, Marc Lescarbot remarked that they consisted of “a feast, a discharge of musketry, and as much noise as could be made by some fifty men, joined by a few Indians, whose families served as spectators.” The first feast was held on 14 November 1606 to celebrate the return of Jean de Biencourt de Poutrincourt from an expedition. Local Mi'kmaq families were also invited. Croix in the winter of 1604–05, Samuel de Champlain founded a series of rotating feasts at Port Royal called the Ordre de Bon Temps (“Order of Good Cheer”). In 1606, in an attempt to prevent the kind of scurvy epidemic that had decimated the settlement at Île Ste. They celebrated Communion and formally expressed their thanks through the ship’s Chaplain, Robert Wolfall, who, according to explorer Richard Collinson, “made unto them a godly sermon, exhorting them especially to be thankefull to God for theyr strange and miraculous deliverance in those so dangerous places. They ate a meal of salt beef, biscuits and mushy peas to celebrate and give thanks for their safe arrival in what is now Nunavut. The first Thanksgiving by Europeans in North America was held by Sir Martin Frobisher and his crew in the Eastern Arctic in 1578. The Smithsonian Institute has noted that some First Nations “sought to insure a good harvest with dances and rituals.” The European settlers brought with them a similar tradition of harvest celebrations (for which the symbol was the cornucopia, or horn of plenty), which dates back to European peasant societies. Indigenous peoples in North America have a history of holding communal feasts in celebration of the fall harvest that predates the arrival of European settlers. and the Rosenberry Lecture Series.(courtesy Vlad Litvinov) Origins and history of Thanksgiving in Canada Other offerings include the History Colorado Makerspace, where visitors of all ages can enjoy hands-on constructive experiences, and regular speaker series such as Bold Women. The museum is designed for multi-generational audiences with interactive elements in the majority of the more than fifteen exhibitions that span four floors and capture the spirit of the Centennial State.Ĭolorado’s story is constantly evolving, and new exhibitions and displays like The Sand Creek Massacre: The Betrayal that Changed Cheyenne and Arapaho People Forever, REVEALED: John Fielder's Favorite Place, and Virgil Ortiz's Revolt 1680/2180: Runners + Gliders, bridge the gap between the history of this great state and the here and now.
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