‘Saints and Strangers’ Gives the Real Story Behind Thanksgiving

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Heritage Foundation:

As Thanksgiving Day approaches, Americans are preparing to give thanks for what Abraham Lincoln called “the blessings of fruitful fields and healthful skies.” In keeping up this tradition, Americans are hearkening back to the example set by the pilgrims and the members of the Wampanoag tribe almost 400 years ago.

 

In the fall of 1621, the pilgrims and the Wampanoag gathered to celebrate a bountiful harvest. William Bradford, the colony’s first governor, described the feast in great detail. It featured “cod, bass, and other fish,” a “great store of wild turkeys,” “venison,” and a healthy supply of “Indian corn.”

 

The celebration lasted for days and was the culmination of a hard-won peace forged between the pilgrims and the Wampanaog.

 

But since the mid-60s, a cottage industry of historians and activists have churned out books and essays that cast a different light on the early years of the Plymouth colony.

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