Happy Thanksgiving

This year we celebrate building new relationships
and strenthening existing ones.

At Thanksgiving more than ever, our thoughts
turn gratefully to those who have made
our progress possible.

We feel very blessed and we hope this
Thanksgiving is a special time for you and
your family. From all of us here at
Dodge Moving & Storage, have a safe
and happy holiday season.

Let us now share some Thanksgiving facts.

The first recorded Thanksgiving feast in the United States was in 1621 at the village of Plymouth, Massachusetts. In 1620, the Mayflower left England carrying 102 passengers. The Mayflower remained docked in the Massachusetts Bay; many of the colonists stayed onboard the ship, where they suffered from scurvy and outbreaks of contagious diseases.  When spring 1621 arrived, only half of the original passengers were still alive.  The remaining settlers – now referred to as pilgrims – set foot on land in March 1621, when they were introduced to a Pawtuxet Indian named Squanto.
Squanto taught the weak pilgrims how to cultivate corn, extract sap from maple trees, catch fish in the rivers, and avoid the poisonous plants. After the pilgrims' first successful corn harvest later that year, Governor William Bradford organized a celebratory feast. Records show that 143 people attended the first Thanksgiving.   Since its beginnings in 1621, Thanksgiving has become synonymous with one thing: turkey.  According to the National Turkey Federation, 88 percent of Americans eat turkey on Thanksgiving, totaling over 46 million consumed turkeys.

Happy Thanksgiving!