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The First Thanksgiving

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A few of the words

MAYFLOWER
The Mayflower set sail from Plymouth, England, in September 1620, carrying 102 passengers across a stormy Atlantic to the shores of what is now Massachusetts.Find this word in the grid to read its note.
WAMPANOAG
The Wampanoag, led by Massasoit, helped the struggling Pilgrims learn to plant and survive, without that alliance, the 1621 harvest celebration likely never happens.Find this word in the grid to read its note.
COMPACT
Before anyone stepped ashore, 41 Pilgrim men signed the Mayflower Compact aboard the ship, one of the earliest written frameworks for self-governance in America.Find this word in the grid to read its note.
VENISON
Historical accounts note that Wampanoag guests arrived with five deer, making venison one of the best-documented foods at that 1621 gathering.Find this word in the grid to read its note.

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The First Thanksgiving: a free large-print word search

The First Thanksgiving, a free, large-print word search steeped in harvest tables, sea crossings, and the gratitude of a new world.

About The First Thanksgiving

In the autumn of 1621, the Pilgrims who had crossed the Atlantic aboard the Mayflower shared a three-day harvest celebration with the Wampanoag people at Plymouth, a moment of plenty hard-won after a brutal first winter. Long tables would have held wild fowl, venison, corn, and the fruits of a season that finally turned kind. It is that spirit of communal gratitude, of strangers becoming neighbors around a shared meal, that echoes down every Thanksgiving since.

How to play

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    Find a word.Tap its first letter, then tap along to its last — the trail fills in and finishes itself when it spells a word. Or press the first letter and drag.
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    Words run in straight lines.Across and down, and on the harder difficulties diagonally and backwards.
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    It marks itself.Each word you find takes on its own soft colour on the grid and is crossed off the list.
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    Choose a difficulty.Relaxed, Classic or Challenging set those directions and how much the word list helps — never the grid size. Tap the A buttons at the top to enlarge the letters, or pinch the grid.

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