In this episode Sara & I go over our own timeline of the history of Thanksgiving. Join us as we journey back to 1620, when a weather-beaten ship called the Mayflower crossed the Atlantic carrying a group of dissenter & another called the Strangers. Both seeking freedom. We explore who they were, why they left, & what life was like aboard the cramped vessel during it's treacherous 66-day voyage. The story doesn't end with landfall at Plymouth. We dive into the Wampanoag people, & how an uneasy alliance helped shape the settlements beginnings. Finally, we trace how a modest harvest celebration in 1621 evolved, over centuries, into an American Holiday we now call Thanksgiving. We also send you the Ghost of Plymouth Rock. What secrets echo from the ancient paths once walked by both settlers & the Wampanoag Tribe? 

Join us for a vivid, thoughtful look at myth verses reality, culture encounters, survival, & the complicated legacy of a moment often simplified in old schoolbooks

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