＊Origin of Thanksgiving Day＊

I am going to talk about the origin of Thanksgiving Day. Do you know the history of Thanksgiving Day? It is an important event for American people like Obon for Japanese people. This reason is in the history. The first Thanksgiving of America was cerebrated in autumn in 1621. It was a gesture to thank God to help them for strict winter. It was also to thank the American Indians. December 26th 1620, Pilgrim Fathers came from Britain to Plymouth state of Massachusetts in America riding the Mayflower ship. They were puritans. Many people died at that time, because it was a hard winter and difficult things happened. In there, Pilgrims and his friends helped the American Indians. The American Indians taught them agriculture and how to hunt. They could survive that winter because of the Indians, so they invited the Indians at the first harvest festival. It was the origin of Thanksgiving Day. George Washington declared it is holiday in 1789.