Celebrated fourth Thursday of November , The Thanksgiving de Gracias es una tradición anual en Estados Unidos desde 1863 . Y según esa tradición , la primera celebración tuvo lugar en 1621 y la realizaron los Padres Fundadores , un grupo de puritanos que abandonaron Inglaterra en 1620 huyendo de las persecuciones religiosas y que, después de cruzar el Atlántico en el Mayflower , fundaron una colonia en Nueva Inglaterra ( New Plymouth , Massachusetts ). To thank for a abundant harvest show their appreciation to Wampanoag Indians who helped them survive their first winter, sat together before a meal composite turkey, pumpkin pie and cranberries .
But , " how these facts are true ? It seems that not too . Here are some erroneous data on the celebration.
(Celebrated on the Fourth Thursday in November, Thanksgiving has been an annual tradition in the United States since 1863. According to tradition the first American Thanksgiving was celebrated in 1621 by the Pilgrim Fathers, a group of Puritans who left England in 1620 fleeing religious persecution and, after crossing the Atlantic on the Mayflower, founded a colony in New England (New Plymouth, Massachusetts). To give thanks for a bountiful harvest and show their appreciation to the Wampanoag Indians who helped them survive their first winter, they sat down together to a meal of turkey, pumpkin pie, and cranberries. But, to what extent these facts are true? Not very much, it turns out. Here are some common misconceptions about this celebration.)
MITO : los colonos fueron llamados Peregrinos .
LO CIERTO : ni siquiera se referían a sí mismos como 'peregrinos' - se llamaban " santos ". Los primeros norteamericanos aplicaron el término "peregrino" a todos los colonos , y no fue hasta el siglo XX cuando se empezó a usar dicho término exclusivamente para describir a la gente que desembarcó en Plymouth Rock .
(Myth: The settlers were called Pilgrims.
The truth: They didn't even refer to themselves as Pilgrims - they called themselves "Saints." Early Applied Americans the term "pilgrim" to all of the early colonists, it wasn't Until the 20th century That It Was Used Exclusively to describe the folks Who landed on Plymouth Rock.)
MYTH: It was an event solemn religious.
THE TRUTH: It is unlikely . It was a harvest festival of three days including drink, games of chance , athletic games, and even shooting with muskets (designed, incidentally as a warning friendly to Indians that settlers were prepared to defend .)
(Myth: It was a solemn, Religious occasion.
The truth: Hardly. It Was a three-day harvest festival That included drinking, gambling, athletic games, events and target shooting with muskets Inglés (Which, by the way, WAS Intended as a friendly warning to the Indians the Pilgrims That Were Prepared to Defend Themselves.)
MYTH: was held in November .
THE TRUTH: used to be held between late September of and mid of October - after that harvest had been gathered . In November , says historian Richard Ehrlich , " The villagers were working to prepare for winter, putting the meat in brine and drying, and conditioning their homes bad weather."
(Myth: It Took place in November.
The truth: It was Some Time Between late September and the middle of October - after the harvest Had Been Brought in. By November, Said historian Richard Ehrlich, "Were the villagers working to prepare for winter, salting and drying meat and making Their houses as wind resistant as possible. ")
MYTH: the settlers had big hats with buckles.
THE TRUTH: none participants wearing clothes similar to that shown in the pictures: the colonists dressed in black or wore their hats buckles or shoes and not used tall hats. The painters the nineteenth century that portrayed that way because the associated colored clothes black and buckles with an old fashion .
(Myth: The Pilgrims Wore large hats with buckles on Them.
The truth: None of the Participants Were dressed anything like the way They've Been portray in art: the Pilgrims Did not dress in black, Did not Their wear buckles on hats or shoes, and Did not wear tall hats. The 19th-century artists painted Who Them That Way Because They did so associated with black clothing and buckles Being old-fashioned.)
MYTH: ate turkey.
THE TRUTH: The deer ate settlers, not turkey . As he later wrote colonist Edward Winslow " For three days we have fun and eat, and the Indians went off and hunted five deer, which brought to the colony. " Winslow also mentions four settlers who came to hunt birds, but neither he nor anyone else specify the bird species that actually hunted, and ate turkey if only due to be a dish.
"The most striking feast for the settlers was the venison, because it was something new for them " says Carolyn Travers , research director of the Plymouth Colony, a museum in colonial Massachusetts. " Back in England, the deer were on the farms of the nobles and people were arrested for poaching if they kill a deer ... The settlers mentioned venison and again in his letters home ."
(Myth: They ate turkey.
The truth: The Pilgrims ate deer, turkey Not. As Later Pilgrim Edward Winslow wrote, "For three days we entertained and feasted, and the Indian Went out and Kill five deer, Which They Brought to the plantation. "Winslow does That mention four Pilgrims went" fowling "or hunting bird, But Neither Anyone else have rules Recorded Which They Actually kinds of birds hunted - Even If They did so eat turkey, it WAS just a side dish. "The flashy part of the meal for the colonists Was the venison, Because It Was new to Them," says Carolyn Travers, director of research at Plimoth Plantation, Pilgrim museum in Massachusetts. "Back in England, on estates and deer Were people for poaching Would Be Arrested If They Killed These deer ... The colonists Mentioned venison over and over again in Their letters back home.")
Other foods that can have been on the menu: cod , bass , clams, oysters , corn , berries and plums , all accompanied with water , cerveza de maíz y alguna que otra copa de lo que los colonos llamaban cariñosamente " agua fuerte ". Algunos alimentos desde luego no estaban en el menú, como el pastel de calabaza —en aquellos días, los colonos cocían la calabaza y se la comían tal cual. Y puesto que los colonos no tenían todavía molinos de harina o ganado , no había otro pan que el pan de maíz , ni carne de buey , ni leche , ni queso . Y los colonos tampoco comieron langosta de Nueva Inglaterra. Motivo : las confundían con insectos de gran tamaño.
(Other foods that may have been on the menu: cod, bass, clams, oysters, Indian corn, native berries and plums, all washed down with water, beer made from corn, and another drink the Pilgrim affectionately called "strong water." A few things definitely weren't on the menu, including pumpkin pie - in those days, the Pilgrims boiled their pumpkin and ate it plain. And since the Pilgrims didn't yet have flour mills or cattle, there was no bread other than corn bread, and no beef, milk, or cheese. Did the Pilgrims eat And Any New England lobsters, either. Reason: They mistook Them for large insects.)
MYTH: settlers held a similar celebration each year . THE TRUTH
: no evidence whatsoever that the settlers held the party again in 1622. It is likely that had no mood for it - the harvest had been disappointing , and were overwhelmed by the arrival of a boat new settlers who had to feed and house during the winter.
(Myth: The Pilgrims held Every year a similar feast.
The truth: There's no Evidence That the Pilgrims Celebrated again in 1622. They Probably Were not in the mood - Been Had the disappointing harvest, and They Were burdened with a new boatload of Pilgrims Who Had To Be fed and house-through the winter.)
" The Thanksgiving Day is celebrated By law, once a year, for the good man is held as often as his heart prompts grateful. "
Edward Sandford Martin (1856-1939)
("Thanksgiving Day comes, by statute, eleven year, to the honest man it comes as frequently as the heart of gratitude will allow."
Edward Sandford Martin)
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