From the historic 1621 harvest to the short-lived alliance between the English and the Wampanoag people, go inside the real story of the first Thanksgiving at Plymouth.

For many Americans today, Thanksgiving is a beloved annual holiday centered around family, gratitude, and a delicious feast of turkey, mashed potatoes, cranberry sauce, and pumpkin pie.

But the popular story of its origins — a simple, humble, harmonious meal between Pilgrims and their Native American neighbors — is layered with centuries of myth and a far more complicated history.

The 1621 event, a three-day harvest celebration, was not called “Thanksgiving” at the time that it happened, and it was born from a fragile, short-lived political alliance, not a genuine friendship. The food, the clothing, and the very nature o

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