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Thanksgiving

A holiday celebrated primarily in the United States which takes place on the fourth Thursday of each November. It celebrates a shared dinner in 1621 between English colonists known as Pilgrims and the Wampanoag people.

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A drawing that depicts the arrival of the Pilgrim Fathers on the east coast of what is now the US

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Thanksgiving in the United States

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