Lake Arthur locals give thanks

A good harvest season is what prompted the feast and thanksgiving in Plymouth in 1621. In the 1620s and 1630s Pilgrims and Puritans who began to emigrate from England carried with them the tradition of Days of Fasting and Days of Thanksgiving to their new homes in New England. The “First Thanksgiving” has been identified as several days of Thanksgiving held in early New England by the Plymouth col…