When the Pilgrims landed in _________ they discovered that the grain they _________ from England wouldn't grow in the soil of their new ___________. The first winter was very hard for the early _________, and many people died because of sickness and starvation. The native _______ came to the aid of the Pilgrims and taught them how to plant ______ of corn. They also taught the Pilgrims how to hunt and fish.

Thanks to the _______ of the Indians, the settlers' crops did well in the fall of 1621 and there was a great __________. The Pilgrims decided to have a ________ as a way of giving ________. The Pilgrams invited their friends, the Indians, to share this first Thanksgiving feast which lasted three days.

Thanksgiving was proclaimed a national holiday by Congress in 1941.