In 1621, the Plymouth colonists and the Wampanoag shared an autumn harvest feast that is acknowledged today as one of the first Thanksgiving celebrations in the colonies. For more than two centuries, days of thanksgiving were celebrated by individual colonies and states.The feast of freshly killed deer, assorted wildfowl, a bounty of cod and bass, and flint, a native variety of corn harvested by the Native Americans, which was eaten as corn bread and porridge were some of the things. Some of the activities that occurred were the Massasoit sending some of his own men to hunt deer for the feast and for three days, the English and native men, women, and children ate together. The meal consisted of deer, corn, shellfish, and roasted meat, different from today's traditional Thanksgiving feast. They played ball games, sang, and danced. Now the difference between the first Thanksgivings is that a lot have changed the only thing that might be the same now is eating pumpkins, however not pumpkin pie. The first Thanksgiving wasn't one big feast but actually went on for a full week. Some days everyone would eat together and on other days they would eat separately.
