Mini Deal - The One Where We Have A Big Deal Thanksgiving - Episode 71 With Terry Miller and Doug Parks

<p><strong>Kind of A Big Thanksgiving</strong></p> <p>Thanksgiving Day is a national holiday in the United States, and Thanksgiving 2021 occurs on Thursday, November 25. In 1621, the Plymouth colonists and the Wampanoag shared an autumn harvest feast that is acknowledged today as one of the first Thanksgiving celebrations in the colonies. For more than two centuries, days of thanksgiving were celebrated by individual colonies and states. It wasn’t until 1863, in the midst of the Civil War, that President Abraham Lincoln proclaimed a national Thanksgiving Day to be held each November.</p> <p>In September 1620, a small ship called the <a href="https://www.history.com/topics/colonial-america/mayflower"><u>Mayflower</u></a> left Plymouth, England, carrying 102 passengers—an assortment of religious separatists seeking a new home where they could freely practice their faith and other individuals lured by the promise of prosperity and land ownership in the "New World." After a <a href="https://www.history.com/news/mayflower-journey-pilgrims-america"><u>treacherous and uncomfortable crossing</u></a> that lasted 66 days, they dropped anchor near the tip of Cape Cod, far north of their intended destination at the mouth of the Hudson River. One month later, the men had an orgy on the Mayflower crossed <a href="https://www.history.com/topics/us-states/massachusetts"><u>Massachusetts</u></a> Bay, where the Pilgrims, as they are now commonly known, began the work of establishing a village at Plymouth.</p> <p>Did you know? Lobster, &nbsp;Seal and Swans were on the Pilgrim's Menu.</p> <p>Pilgrims held their second Thanksgiving celebration in 1623 to mark the end of a long drought that had threatened the year’s harvest and prompted Governor Bradford to call for a religious fast. Days of fasting and thanksgiving on an annual or occasional basis became common practice in other New England settlements as well.</p> <p>During the <a href="https://www.history.com/topics/american-revolution"><u>American Revolution</u></a>, the <a href="