Why was the first Thanksgiving Day held?

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"Thanksgiving is closely related to harvest festivals that had long been a traditional holiday in much of Europe. The first North American celebration of these festivals by Europeans was held in Newfoundland by the Frobisher Expedition in 1578. Another event claiming to be the first Thanksgiving occurred on 4 December 1619 when 38 colonists from Berkeley Parish in England disembarked in Virginia and gave thanks to God. Most people recognize the first Thanksgiving as taking place on an unremembered date, sometime in the autumn of 1621, when the Pilgrims held a three-day feast to celebrate the bountiful harvest they reaped following their first winter in North America." http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thanksgiving Jan 31 05, 1:25 PM

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