Uploaded November 2025 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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In 1619, 35 English settlers arrived in Berkeley, Virginia, upriver from Jamestown. We talked to Graham Woodlief, descendant of the group's leader, Captain John Woodlief, about how these colonists celebrated the first English Thanksgiving in America.

Watch online here: c-span.org/program/american-artifacts/1619-thanksgiving-at-berkeley-virginia/516171