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Post #273,700 by jbrabeck 11/22/06 2:53:30 PM Reply	Links [link\|http://www.infoplease.com/spot/tgturkey1.html\|Infoplease.com] [link\|http://www.history.com/minisites/thanksgiving/viewPage?pageId=874\|History.com] [link\|http://www.allabouthistory.org/thanksgiving-history.htm\|allabouthistory.com] Looks like Lincoln formalized it on its current date. A positive attitude may not solve all your problems, but it will annoy enough people to make it worth the effort. (Herm Albright)
Post #273,701 by crazy 11/22/06 3:14:37 PM Reply	None of that backs Andrew's core statements The only actual record of a "feast" in the Plymouth colony was a note by one of the leaders lamenting an out-of-control beer bash that lasted days and ate up much of the winter supplies. He mentioned that some Indians came by when they smelled the food and were sent out to get deer. The sanctimonious thanks to God part was completely made up in Lincoln's day. I want to see that.
Post #273,705 by Andrew Grygus 11/22/06 3:39:15 PM Reply	Well, the middle one admits the feast was secular . . . . . and that the "day of thanksgiving" a couple years later definitely did not include a feast. According to the Smithsonian article the only actual record of the first one was a complaint by one of the leaders about the rowdiness and amount of beer and supplies consumed, and mention that Indians wandered in and were sent out to get deer. Most commentators are reluctant to be as brutal about it as Smithsonian Magazine was. [link\|http://www.aaxnet.com\|AAx]

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