America’s First Thanksgiving Service Was Celebrated on Texas Soil in 1598

About 20 Miles Southeast of Current Downtown El Paso

America’s first Thanksgiving celebration took place not at Plymouth, Massachusetts, in 1621, as many believe, but on the banks of the Rio Grande at the site of present-day San Elizario, Texas, approximately 20 miles southeast of downtown El Paso.

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