The United States celebrates its first <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thanksgiving_(United_States)" id="mwNw" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Thanksgiving (United States)">Thanksgiving</a>, marking the recent victory by the American rebels over British General <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Burgoyne" id="mwOA" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="John Burgoyne">John Burgoyne</a> at <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battles_of_Saratoga" id="mwOQ" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Battles of Saratoga">Saratoga</a> in October.