The puritans as they were called had much tobe thankful for. Their religious practices were no longer a source of criticism by the governmennt. They learned to adjust their farming habits to the climate and soil. When they selected the fourth thursday of november for their thanksgiving celebration they invited their neighbors the indians to join life. They recalled the group of 102 men women and children who left england. They remembered their dead who did not live to see the 65 days journey which tested their strength.