Everyone loves Thanksgiving, but the little amount that Kearsley students know about the history of this holiday is surprising to some students.

The first settlers of America — the pilgrims — held a three-day feast in the fall of 1621 with the Wampanoag tribe, which is regarded as the first Thanksgiving.

In 1863, President Abraham Lincoln declared the last Thursday of each November to be Thanksgiving. President Franklin Roosevelt later clarified that every fourth Thursday of November would be Thanksgiving, promoting holiday shopping.

In an Eclipse survey, 40 KHS students were quizzed on their knowledge of the history of Thanksgiving.

The quiz asked what year the first feast occurred, what tribe the pilgrims celebrated with, when Thanksgiving became a national holiday, and which presidents declared when Thanksgiving would be celebrated as a national holiday.

The average student got 19 percent correct. Overall, freshmen scored the highest, scoring 32 percent correct, while sophomores scored the lowest at only 8 percent correct.

Sophomore Brooke McCulley scored a zero percent, and was not surprised by her low score.

“I knew nothing about the pilgrims,” she said. “They should teach more about them in school.”

Though McCulley knew little, she was happy to learn.

Senior Rosalie Bainbridge got 20 percent on the quiz.

Unlike McCulley, Bainbridge was surprised by her low score.

“I should have payed more attention (in school),” Bainbridge said.

Like McCulley, Bainbridge was also happy that she had learned about the history of her country along with the Thanksgiving holiday.