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The First Official Thanksgiving
5/4/2016 | 28m 2sVideo has Closed Captions
The story some historians might call the first "official, English-speaking" Thanksgiving.
The First Official Thanksgiving tells the story of what some historians might call the first "official, English-speaking" Thanksgiving held in the Americas. At a meeting in London in 1618, Sir William Throckmorton, George Thorpe, John Smyth and Richard Berkeley gathered to form the Berkeley Company and discuss a land grant in the new world, given to them by King James I.
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VPM Documentaries
The First Official Thanksgiving
5/4/2016 | 28m 2sVideo has Closed Captions
The First Official Thanksgiving tells the story of what some historians might call the first "official, English-speaking" Thanksgiving held in the Americas. At a meeting in London in 1618, Sir William Throckmorton, George Thorpe, John Smyth and Richard Berkeley gathered to form the Berkeley Company and discuss a land grant in the new world, given to them by King James I.
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