Berkeley Hundred Thanksgiving William Lawrence Sr Omnibit 11-28-19

Would it rock your world if you learned that the first colonial Thanksgiving was not held by the Pilgrims in New England but by the 38 English settlers at Berkeley Hundred in Charles City County, Virginia, who concluded their arrival in 1619 with a religious celebration as dictated by the group’s charter from the London Company. It specifically delcared “that the day of our ships arrival at the place assigned … in the land of Virginia shall be yearly and perpetually kept holy as a day of thanksgiving to Almighty God.” 

Berkeley Hundred Thanksgiving William Lawrence Sr Omnibit 11-28-19

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