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

About 20 Miles Southeast of Current Downtown El Paso

Posted 11/22/23

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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