Blue Umbrella Official November 2016 issue | Page 10

THE HISTORY OF THANKSGIVING
By David R.
On September 20, 1620, 102
pilgrims set sail from England on
a boat called the Mayflower. The
pilgrims were trying to reach a
colony that was recently
established in the New World.
They had heard that there they
could find religious freedom.
However storms blew the ship
of