Weatherday: 'Shall be perpetually kept holy as a day of Thanksgiving to Almighty God'

The beach at Weymouth, Dorset, England (2004).

A cold and blustery day mostly, some bright periods, light showers in the later afternoon.

Highest temperature 5deg in moderate to strong winds from the west, easing later.

On this day in 1619, three dozen colonists from Berkley Parish, Gloucestershire, England, disembarked from their ship in Virginia USA and gave thanks to God for their safe arrival; an event that's the antecedent of the modern Thanksgiving holiday.

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