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Thanksgiving History and Today


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Please observe the recommendations against holiday travel this Thanksgiving. Instead, check out some virtual activities. If you are gathering, please do so outside. Thanksgiving trivia, even a few Thanksgiving jokes in this episode.

This is from the National Museum of the American Indian, which is part of the Smithsonian in Washington, DC: The harvest celebration of 17th century settlers at Plymouth in reality was very different from what we generally think of as the “First Thanksgiving” between Pilgrims and Indians. How far off is the modern story of Thanksgiving from what actually happened? What do you think about the idea of the “Thanksgiving myth” as a representation of what we celebrate today? Find out at The Harvest Celebration. 


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