Setting the Record Straight: Thanksgiving’s Surprising History

Over the river and through the wood, 

Trot fast, my dapple gray! 

Spring over the ground, 

Like a hunting hound, 

For this is Thanksgiving-Day. 

School children are taught that the first Thanksgiving was held in 1621 with the Pilgrims and Indians. There is little evidence that this feast took place as often described. Listen and find out to how our modern Thanksgiving Day was created.