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Historical marker location:

421 Coxendale Rd, Dutch Gap, Virginia

( Marker is on Henricus Park Road, 1.4 miles east of Coxendale Road, on the left when traveling east.)

Captain John Smith Chesapeake National Historic Trail.

The first Thanksgiving in North America was celebrated in Virginia in 1619, a year before the Pilgrims celebrated their first Thanksgiving in Massachusetts.