While most attribute its origin to a 1621 feast between Pilgrims and indigenous peoples in present-day Massachusetts, Spanish explorers held a similar celebration in 1541 in present-day Texas.
—
Alexis Simmerman,
Austin American Statesman,
17 Mar. 2026
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