VPM Documentaries | The First Official Thanksgiving | Season 2016

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VPM Documentaries

05/04/2016 | 28m 2s  | Video has closed captioning.

The First Official Thanksgiving tells the story of what some historians might call the first "official, English-speaking" Thanksgiving held in the Americas. At a meeting in London in 1618, Sir William Throckmorton, George Thorpe, John Smyth and Richard Berkeley gathered to form the Berkeley Company and discuss a land grant in the new world, given to them by King James I.

Aired: 05/04/16

Expires: 10/31/25

Rating: TV-G

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