The first winter in Plymouth was very cold and very hard. Food was scarce. Many died. For days on end, each person was issued only five kernels of corn per day. After weeks of this, they were on the verge of starvation, but finally spring arrived. They took the remaining corn to plant a new crop.
Today we can remember that first winter, and the hardships and sacrifices made, by taking these five kernels of corn with us on Thanksgiving Day, and setting them next to the bounty we have all come to enjoy so many years later.
