Happy Thanksgiving!

Fiction: Prairie Home Companion Thanksgiving Show 2004

Fact: The Pilgrims were a group of Puritans who landed at Plymouth Rock, in what is now Massachusetts, United States, in 1620. In 1621 Governor William Bradford of New England proclaimed a day of “thanksgiving” and prayer to celebrate the Pilgrims’ first harvest in America.

United States president Abraham Lincoln, following the precedent of a number of states, designated a national Thanksgiving Day in 1863.

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I'm personally spending the day being happy and thankful for all the things I have, including my lovely little house. Thank you to AT and the AT community for helping me to make this my dream home with all your great tips and inspiration!

posted by kuroneko on November 22nd 2007 at 6:05am
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I call it poor taste that they didn't invite my ancestor who'd been in Jamestown since 1606.

Jamestown was already battle-hardened...we didn't need no stinking Thanksgiving.

posted by mabith on November 22nd 2007 at 6:39am
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Um, Mabith, don't you mean "since 1607." Jamestown wasn't settled by Europeans until April 1607.

posted by krister on November 22nd 2007 at 5:07pm
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eek. can we go back to arguments about design? History is just so not the strong point of this group.

posted by JonathanB on November 23rd 2007 at 12:20pm
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Gosh, I always thought design was influenced by conditions that we lump together as history.

posted by krister on November 23rd 2007 at 3:29pm
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