紧接着的第二年(1622)却没有举行“感恩”庆典。到了1623年，发生了一场严重的旱灾，朝圣者们聚集到一起，举行了虔诚的祁雨仪式，刚好在第二天，一场充沛的大雨从天而降。威廉布雷德福总督宣布再次庆祝感恩节，并再次邀请了他们的印第安朋友。之后数年无感恩节，直到1676年6月，感恩节才再次被提出。
On June 20, 1676, the governing council of Charlestown, Massachusetts, held a meeting to determine how best to express thanks for the good fortune that had seen their community securely established.By unanimous vote they instructed Edward Rawson, the clerk, to proclaim June 29as a day of thanksgiving. It is notable that this thanksgiving celebrationprobably did not include the Indians, as the celebration was meant partly to bein recognition of the colonists' recent victory over the “heathen natives,”
1676年6月20日，马萨诸塞州的查尔斯顿理事会召开会议，以确定如何最好地表达他们的感谢——好运使得他们的共和国牢固建立。通过一致表决他们指示爱德华罗森总统，宣布六月二十九日的一天感恩。值得注意的是，今年的感恩节庆祝活动可能不包括印度人，作为庆祝活动在一定程度上成为了殖民者战胜“野蛮的土著人的认可，”
