When the first settlers arrived in Jamestown in April 1607 and raised a cross at Cape Henry, claiming the land for England, they may have had a thanksgiving predating their first known observance in 1619. In that year, Berkeley Hundred was settled, one of a number of plantations granted by the Virginia Co. of London to its stockholders.

The fairytale-like story of Pilgrims and Native Americans supposedly breaking bread together is a misleading version of real-life events.

According to the History Channel, the first Thanksgiving was celebrated by the Pilgrims in Plymouth, Massachusetts in November of 1621. While the traditional story says the Pilgrims shared a feast with the nearby Indigenous peoples of the Wampanoag tribe, first hand accounts and modern historians tell a different story.

For being the most famous meal in American history, we actually don't know all that much about what was actually served. Today we will answer that burning question and make a dish that may very well have been served that day in 1621.

Historian Kenneth C. Davis, the bestselling author of "Don't Know Much About History" and "The World in Books," joined "CBS Mornings Plus" to discuss the history behind Thanksgiving and some of the traditions that go along with the holiday.