The first Thanksgiving took place in Plymouth, Massachusetts on November 25, 1621, when the Pilgrims had successfully grown corn and wanted to have a feast. With only fifty-three Pilgrims to be there, they had ninety Indians to help fix all the food they had. Adorning the table were freshly killed deer, assorted wildfowl, a bounty of cod and bass, flint, and native variety of corn harvested by the Indians, which was eaten as corn bread and porridge. Although prayers and thanks were probably offered at the 1621 harvest gathering, the first recorded religious Thanksgiving Day in Plymouth happened two years later in 1623. On the occasion, the Pilgrims gave thanks to God for rain after a two-month drought. Some historians argue that Florida, not Massachusetts, may have been the true site of the first Thanksgiving in North America. On another note, for more than two centuries, days of Thanksgiving were celebrated by individual colonies and states. Today, Thanksgiving is one of the most celebrated holidays in North America, and many people get together with their families to feast. Over the years, the types of food we eat during Thanksgiving have changed, because Americans have more of a variety of foods to eat. When thinking about the first Thanksgiving, people will think of food that is eaten today on Thanksgiving and really the Pilgrims and Indians didn’t have the variety of food eaten today. So when gathering together with family this Thanksgiving, think about the blessings and necessities in life and not just the wants and desires.