And the Virginians had their own Thanksgiving feast at Berkeley Plantations — earlier than those poor navigators hanging out at Plymouth Rock.
I just figure that the Pilgrims had a better PR firm. After all, isn’t Madison Ave. in NY?
Worst of all is that the Yankees won the “civil war”. So, dominated by NEers, guess who wrote the history?
Thanksgiving was a very common practice. Yet it’s treated as if this was the only very special, rare Thanks to God ever presented. Heck, I find that when “history of (The) Thanksgiving” is told, suddenly they try to conflate other proclaimed thanksgivings (during the RevWar, e.g.) into the fold as if it “continued the tradition”.