12+ The Story Behind Thanksgiving Background. Americans generally believe that their thanksgiving is modeled on a 1621 harvest feast shared by the european colonists (pilgrims) of plymouth and the wampanoag. On most years, there are only four thursdays in november in the first place, but on those years when there are five, roosevelt felt that moving the.
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First published in the march 6, 1943 weekly edition of the saturday evening post, rockwell worried that the presentation of such a large turkey at the center of the bountiful and happy feast back home. The reasoning behind his decision? Turkey has become so synonymous with thanksgiving that most of us probably imagine the pilgrims and wampanoag tribe of native americans chowing down on a roast bird in 1621. This topic is now archived and is closed to further replies.