Thirty-four children on the Mayflower
Three days of Thanksgiving feasting
And hundreds of facts about the hardworking Pilgrims
Pilgrims in Plymouth: True or False Quiz
- The Mayflower was a huge ship—nearly as large as the
Titanic—with a bowling alley and a swimming pool!
- Squanto, an Indian who helped the Pilgrims, spoke English.
- Pilgrim farmers buried fish in the ground to help their corn grow
better.
- The Pilgrims called their harvest feast Thanksgiving.
Thanksgiving today is a time for families to say grace and gobble
turkey. But why did the Pilgrims start this tradition? And who were
these people anyway? In this latest outstanding entry in the Don't Know
Much About(R) series by renowned author Kenneth C. Davis, you
can discover all you ever wanted to know about the Pilgrims.