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Before you sit down to your Thanksgiving meal, how about you learn what really happened at the "First Thanksgiving" between the Pilgrims and the Wampanoag tribe?

On this week's episode, you'll learn why the Pilgrims came to pre-colonial America in the first place, why they almost all died when they arrived, how natives of the Wampanoag tribe saved them, and what was eaten at their harvest feast.

Read more about the First Thanksgiving:
http://www.history.com/topics/thanksgiving/history-of-thanksgiving
plimoth.org/learn/just-kids/homework-help/thanksgiving/thanksgiving-history

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