The First Thanksgiving: St. Augustine’s Forgotten Feast

The First Thanksgiving: St. Augustine’s Forgotten Feast

November 28, 2024Posted inFlorida History, Florida News
The first Thanksgiving - long before the Pilgrims Image: Florida Museum of Natural History
The first Thanksgiving in St. Augustine – long before the first Pilgrims arrived . Image: Florida Museum of Natural History

When Americans think of Thanksgiving, the image of Pilgrims and Native Americans sharing a meal in Plymouth in 1621 often comes to mind. However, history tells a richer, less-known tale of a thanksgiving that took place decades earlier in St. Augustine, Florida.