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The Three Stages of Thanksgiving
Giving thanks to God for all His blessings was the holiday's origin
By John M. Grondelski | November 20th 2023 3:23 PMStage One: The first Thanksgiving was celebrated in Plymouth Colony in 1621. The Pilgrims set out for North America in September 1620. Storms put them off-course during their Atlantic crossing, to land farther north -- off present-day Massachusetts -- than they planned. Finding themselves in a wilderness at the start…
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