[Ward Smythe]

Some states like Virginia and Indiana also don't include the Pilgrims in their standards.

Virginia has reasons for not highlighting the pilgrims, it's because we were here first.

Jamestown 2007

America's First Official Thanksgiving - 1619

That's why Virginia doesn't emphasize the pilgirms, not some silly notion of political correctness.

[Ligeia]

Thanks for the flag. No one needs to convince me of the importance of history in school curricula. I'm a believer! I've been to Berkeley Plantation, it's an interesting place.

As regards the assertion that Virginia does not include the Plymouth Pilgrims in our Standards of Learning, nothing could be further from the truth. School children begin learning about the Plymouth Pilgrims in the first grade. Whoever made the claim otherwise should be fired, as he is either incompetent or a determined liar -- or both.

[Coleus]

I met Mr. Jamison when I visited the Berkley plantation on a trip a few years ago. He was sitting out in his sun porch. And yes, the first Thanksgiving was celebrated there.