Thanksgiving
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Departure of the Pilgrim Fathers for America, 1620 View PDF (129 KB)	The Mayflower, 1620 View PDF (188 KB)	Pilgrims Signing the Compact on the Mayflower, 1620 View PDF (84 KB)
Signing the Compact in the Cabin of the Mayflower View PDF (117 KB)	Landing of the Pilgrims at Plymouth, 1620 View PDF (168 KB)	Landing of the Pilgrims (Massasoit and his Warriors) View PDF (83 KB)
Meeting of Governor Carver and Massasoit View PDF (1.2 MB)	The First Thanksgiving, 1621 View PDF (175 KB)	A Proclamation for a Day of Fasting and Prayer, 1678 View PDF (949 KB)
Proclamation for a Publick Thanksgiving, 1721 View PDF (815 KB)	George Washington recommends a day of public Thanksgiving, 1789 View PDF (80 KB)	Thanksgiving in Camp, 1861 View PDF (110 KB)
Sarah Hale to Abraham Lincoln (Thanksgiving), 1863 View PDF (337 KB)	Lincoln Thanksgiving Proclamation, Oct. 3, 1863 (images 735-736) View PDF (147 KB)	School Children’s Thanksgiving Games, 1911 View PDF (951 KB)
Pilgrim Tercentenary Pageant, 1921 View PDF (124 KB)	Thanksgiving, 1942 View PDF (157 KB)

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