According to a post by one of my FB friends (Deluded liberal on a perpetual self righteous white guilt trip), the original feast was a celebration of a massacre of Pequot indians that occured when “a band of Puritans— descended on their village and shot, clubbed and burned alive over 700 native men, woman and children.” in 1637. Supposedly, Gov. Winthrop was so pleased he declared a day of feasting and celebration.
I have one of those, too. Here’s his “Happy Thanksgiving” post -
“Wishing everyone a happy Thanksgiving, in the spirit of the holiday....and not the sordid history.”
Communists are working on removing our holidays, our traditions and our history incrementally with education and infiltration. They even told us this would happen and it did and is. Christmas, Independence Day and Thanksgiving are the big ones - those have to be changed or viewed as evil to be shunned. The rest like Veteran’s Day and Memorial Day, etc will just be played down and soon viewed as nothing more than “Hallmark” holidays.
I guess “Labor Day” will always be OK with them.