[stand watie]

actually, there were SEVERAL European settlements before the pilgrims showed up.

Jamestown was NOT the first, either.

fwiw, the FIRST THANKSGIVING was celebrated in TEXAS, just a few miles south of El Paso, about 100+ years BEFORE the pilgrim's arrival.

free dixie,sw

[Stand W]

Yep, I know there were a number of earlier settlements, mostly founded by the Spanish.

I like your screen name, by the way!

[the OlLine Rebel]

Before Jamestown, there was no permanent English settlement.

And since Texas was far from being with the English, it was not the first “truly American” thanksgiving.

And of course, thanksgivings were common. It wasn’t simply an annual event. It was something done when a community felt it needed to honor and thank God. Which could be any time and very frequently.