The First Thanksgiving: A Temporary Peace between Puritans and Tribes

By Cecily Hilleary | VOA News on Nov 27, 2025   Featured, General News, Holidays  

WASHINGTON – In the fall of 1621, English settlers at Plymouth marked their first harvest and began stockpiling food for the winter: cod, bass and other fish, venison, wild turkey and duck that could dried or salted to supplement plentiful Indian corn. Tisquantum, commonly known as Squanto, was a member of the Patuxet band of the […]