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in icy november, what is now plymouth, massachusetts. during their first winter, over half of the settlers died of[1] starvation or epidemics. those who survived began sowing in the first spring. all summer long they waited for the harvests with great anxiety, knowing that their lives and the future existence of the colony depended on the ing harvest. finally the fields produced a yield rich beyond expectations. and therefore it was decided that a day of thanksgiving to the lord be fixed[2]. years later, president of the united states proclai