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Spanish Ancestors

First Thanksgiving in the Americas took place near the Matanzas River in St. Augustine, Florida, when Spanish explorer Pedro Menéndez de Avilés and 800 soldiers, sailors, and settlers joined local Native Americans in a feast that followed a Mass of Thanksgiving, according to Kathleen Deagan.

Mark Beerdom

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Spanish Ancestors

First Thanksgiving in the Americas took place near the Matanzas River in St. Augustine, Florida, when Spanish explorer Pedro Menéndez de Avilés and 800 soldiers, sailors, and settlers joined local Native Americans in a feast that followed a Mass of Thanksgiving, according to Kathleen Deagan.

Mark Beerdom