givethanks: Happy Thanksgiving! - 11/06/17 10:41 AM
Wishing You and Your Family a Wonderful Thanksgiving
Full of Friends, Family and Food! 
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givethanks: Thanksgiving! - 11/22/16 01:02 PM

Most Americans know all about how we've come to celebrate Thanksgiving; our kids are in school plays about it, there are themed movies (cartoon and real-life), musicals and more.
 
So this information should come as no surprise: 
In November 1621, after the Pilgrims’ first corn harvest proved successful, Governor William Bradford organized a celebratory feast and invited a group of the fledgling colony’s Native American allies, including the Wampanoag chief Massasoit. Now remembered as American’s “first Thanksgiving”—although the Pilgrims themselves probably didn't use the term at the time—the festival lasted for three days. We know all this because the pilgrims were writers. There are … (2 comments)

 
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