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Thanksgiving in De Pieterskerk

November 22, 2018 – Some of the Pilgrims left Leiden in the Netherlands for their long and fateful trip to the New World in 1620. Many of them worshipped at the Pieterskerk in Leiden. Some of the traditions of a Thanksgiving feast are said to have come with the Pilgrims from the Netherlands, perhaps learned ...

By U.S. Mission Netherlands | 22 November, 2018 | Topics: Chargé D’Affaires, Europe & Eurasia, President of the United States, U.S. & the Netherlands | Tags: Thanksgiving, The Pilgrims

Thanksgiving in the home of the pilgrims

In many ways, this is where it all started: Leiden’s Pieterskerk in the Netherlands. In 1620, 35 pilgrims departed Leiden for Plymouth in England. From there, they sailed onward aboard The Mayflower to the new colonies of Massachusetts. The first harvest festival celebrated in the new colony is seen as the origin of Thanksgiving. And here, ...

By U.S. Mission Netherlands | 24 November, 2016 | Topics: Culture, Deputy Chief of Mission, Europe & Eurasia, History, Key Officials, U.S. & the Netherlands | Tags: Leiden., Pieterskerk, Thanksgiving