Thanksgiving , or
Thanksgiving Day , is a traditional
North American holiday , which is a form of
harvest festival . The date and whereabouts of the first Thanksgiving celebration is a topic of modest contention, though the earliest attested Thanksgiving celebration was on
September 8 , 1565 in what is now
Saint Augustine, Florida .
[1] Despite scholarly research to the contrary, the traditional "first Thanksgiving" is venerated as having occurred at the site of
Plymouth Plantation , in 1621.
