While Thanksgiving is generally attributed to a tradition begun by the Pilgrims in Massachusetts, some historians argue that the first such event was held by Spanish colonists with the Timucua tribe 56 years earlier.

The tradition of Thanksgiving is often believed to have started in 1621 as a shared meal between the pilgrims and Native Americans in Massachusetts. 

However, some historians contend that the actual inaugural event likely happened about 56 years earlier in St. Augustine, Florida between Spanish colonists and the local Timucua tribe. 

One author on the topic wrote that it “was the first community act of re