- Special Sections - Public Notices The story of the first
traditional Thanksgiving began over 380 years ago when a group
of men and women fleeing persecution boarded a ship and set sail
for freedom in the New World. The group, who would come to call
themselves Pilgrims, battled treacherous weather conditions and
bouts of sickness throughout the nine weeks they spent on the
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