Canadian Free Press
| over 1 year ago
I told them that the items were very different than what we have on the table today. Turkey was not an item, but there was a collection of other birds. The corn, not originally an item liked by the colonists, was off the cob, ground down into a mush,...
Gulf Breeze News
| over 1 year ago
The first Thanksgiving was about thanking God for bounty, freedom, opportunity and blessings. There was cooperation with the Indians, who extended the handshake of freedom to the Pilgrims when they arrived in the New World. The Indians did indeed...
The Washington Times
| over 1 year ago
Despite our current perilous times, Americans still have boundless reasons for giving thanks. True, our economy continues to falter, we face yet another national credit downgrade, and families suffer with high unemployment. The nation teeters...
KSAZ
| over 1 year ago
While school kids are taught that the origins of Thanksgiving stretch back to the early colonists known as Pilgrims, what they may not know is that it did not become a national holiday until Abraham Lincoln was president. The first Thanksgiving...
