The real history of thanksgiving

This year I have done some reading online and learned that the history of Thanksgiving that I learned in school is nothing like the actual history of Thanksgiving. For one, it didn't originate with the Pilgrims. Apparently the Pilgrims only celebrated one year, and the whole country did not celebrate it as a national holiday until 1863.
 

magickz

Active Member
Most times the things you learn in school are not as exact as others. It is not like when we were learning about the Crusades anyone ever bothers to pitch in all the other fun churches did like when they tortured witches.
 

greekgoddess31

Active Member
If you want to get technical Thanksgiving did not become a consistent national holiday until FDR set the 4th Thursday in November as a national day of Thanksgiving in 1941. The Pilgrims and Indians did celebrate a plentiful harvest with a feast but it was not in November it was in August or September.
 
N

Nike09

Guest
well dude thanks for sharing i am not aware of this dear :)
 

RLynn

Active Member
The Pilgrims were essentially rogue Puritans who chose to break with the Anglican Church. This sort of spoils the holiday for me. The Puritans were a scurvy lot of rabid Calvinists. Glad I didn't live in New England when they were in control. They chased out the Quakers and Baptists and tortured and executed so-called witches. It is so abysmally repulsive and nauseating: religious people come to the New World to escape persecution, and then proceed to persecute anyone whom they dislike. This is beyond mere evil.
 

fairywings

New Member
It is very true that we never learn the real truth about history in schools, especially grade school. Usually the truth about history is very ugly and does not always put us in a favorable light.
 

Rhonda Tharp

Active Member
It is very true that we never learn the real truth about history in schools, especially grade school. Usually the truth about history is very ugly and does not always put us in a favorable light.
While covering 1607 - 1876 of American history, I try to include as many opportunities to look at primary sources and multiple perspectives of events because the Texas State Board of Education has politicized the curriculum.
 

RLynn

Active Member
The political climate in Texas was a bit scary when I lived there in the mid-1960s. Before I left for Chicago, Atlantic Monthly had just published an issue with a feature article on dirty politics in Houston. The magazine apparently did not appear on any news stands in Houston at the usual time. (I looked all over town.) It was not until I got to Arkansas (or it may have been Louisiana) that I was able to purchase a copy. That sort of control over the public media is chilling, to say the least. In some ways, even politically filthy Chicago was a relief from Houston. I don't mean to be entirely negative about Texas, and I enjoyed living there, as long as I didn't think about certain things. Certainly Rice University was an oasis of intellectual nourishment for me, and many of the natives I got to know in Houston were absolutely delightful!
 
Top