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East Wall - Foods Provided By Indians #9

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East Wall - Foods Provided By Indians #9

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North Wall - Foods Provided By Colonists #3-8

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North Wall - Foods Provided By Colonists #3-8

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West Wall Entrance - The First Thanksgiving #1-2

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West Wall Entrance - The First Thanksgiving #1-2

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Squash, beans, and maize were crops grown by the Wampnoag Indians. They provided these crops at the first Thanksgiving feast.

Traverso, Amy. “What Did the Pilgrims Eat at the First Thanksgiving?” New England Today, 19 Nov. 2021, https://newengland.com/today/food/special-occasions/thanksgiving/a-truly-traditional-thanksgiving-menu/.

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Pumpkins were a common vegetable grown in the 1600s. They were eating by the colonists and Indians at the first Thanksgiving meal. At Thanksgivings today, pumpkins are served as a pumpkin pie topped with some whipped cream!

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Colonists and Indians during the harvest feast in 1621

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"Our harvest being gotten in, our governor sent four men on fowling, that so we might after a special manner rejoice together after we had gathered the fruits of our labor. They four in one day killed as much fowl as, with a little help beside, served the company almost a week."

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"Our harvest being gotten in, our governor sent four men on fowling, that so we might after a special manner rejoice together after we had gathered the fruits of our labor. They four in one day killed as much fowl as, with a little help beside, served the company almost a week."

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At the first Thanksgiving feast, bread was present made from corn. Bread rolls are a major part of all Thanksgiving meals nowadays.

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Potatoes were a common crop grown during the time of the first Thanksgiving. For Thanksgiving meals nowadays, potatoes are mashed and served with butter and cheese sometimes!

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Turkey is the staple food item for every Thanksgiving meal. Even though the colonists and Indians did not eat turkey like we do at their first harvest feast, they still had wild turkey. This allows for the carrying tradition throughout history.

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Hello and welcome to a taste of cultural history;)
Thanksgiving traditions date all the way back to 1621, when the Plymouth colonists and Wampanoag Indians had a harvest feast. This event is now known as the very first Thanksgiving. The feast included fowl (deer), wild turkeys, bread made from maize, beans, and shellfish. Thanksgiving now centers around cooking and getting together with family and friends to eat. The tradition of food and family gathering has become the new meaning of the holiday. It is not centered around the original religious significance anymore.
The most common Thanksgiving foods nowadays are turkey, stuffing, mashed potatoes, and pumpkin pie. The pumpkin pie originates from the colonists growing pumpkins. They also grew lots of vegetables including potatoes, which is where the mashed potato dish comes from.
Even though the holiday of Thanksgiving has changed since the first colonial feast, there is still the tradition of feast and gathering that has remained a constant throughout history.

History.com Editors. “Thanksgiving 2022.” History.com, A&E Television Networks, 27 Oct. 2009, https://www.history.com/topics/thanksgiving/history-of-thanksgiving#thanksgiving-traditions-and-rituals.

Magazine, Smithsonian. “What Was on the Menu at the First Thanksgiving?” Smithsonian.com, Smithsonian Institution, 21 Nov. 2011, https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/what-was-on-the-menu-at-the-first-thanksgiving-511554/.