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[johnna holloway]

I've seen articles that there were "harvest"
feasts of thanks that were held out in the
Spanish controlled colonies of the southwest
U.S.A. in the late 1500's. Can't cite the exact
reference, as that set of books is boxed.

Johnnae llyn Lewis Johnna Holloway

"Decker, Terry D." wrote:
>
> Berkley Plantation it is, on the James River between Williamsburg and
> Richmond, Virginia.  The date of the Thanksgiving given by the Plantation is
> December 4, 1619, although I have seen a reference that it was held aboard
> the Margaret after their first landfall at the mouth of the James on
> November 30.
>
> Bear
>
> > It was held at Berkeley Plantation in Virginia in 1617...3
> > years before the
> > Pilgrims had even landed!
> >
> > Kiri
> > > So, when was the first recorded Thanksgiving feast held in
> > the New World?
> > > (A clue:  It wasn't the Pilgrims in 1621.)
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