Student Name: Jovannie Charles Date: November 19, 2010 Mr. Jiang, MECPS

 On December 4, 1619, 38 English settlers arrived at Berkeley Hundred, which comprised about 8,000 acres (3,200 ha) on the north bank of the James River, near Herring Creek, in an area then known as Charles Cittie.  The group's charter required that the day of arrival be observed yearly as a "day of thanksgiving" to God. On that first day, Captain John Woodleaf held the service of thanksgiving.  During the Indian Massacre of 1622, nine of the settlers at Berkeley Hundreds were killed, as well as about a third of the entire population of the Virginia Colony.  After several years, the site became Berkeley Plantation, and was long the traditional home of the Harrison family, one of the First Families of Virginia.

11619: The Thanksgiving of the Virginia colony TThe 3 rd Thursday of November

FFormally a Thanksgiving dinner in the United States bears a good deal of resemblance to another merry feast served at Christmas: the centerpiece at both is most often a turkey. WWe celebrate by preparing the meal and then before eating we pray How do we celebrate?

 The centerpiece of contemporary Thanksgiving in the United States and Canada is a large meal, generally centered around a large roasted turkey. The majority of the dishes in the traditional American version of Thanksgiving dinner are made from foods native to the New World, as according to tradition the Pilgrims received these foods from the Native Americans.

What I like most about thanksgiving is being with family and the food.

I Wish For Everyone To Have a Happy Thanksgiving.