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Post #273,701
by crazy
11/22/06 3:14:37 PM
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New 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
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11/22/06 3:39:15 PM
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New 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.
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     A question to our non-American members - (lincoln) - (11) - Nov. 22, 2006, 10:08:45 AM EST
         No, though rural, UK villages may celebrate the harvest. -NT - (warmachine) - Nov. 22, 2006, 10:20:06 AM EST
         Canada does - (Steve Lowe) - Nov. 22, 2006, 10:38:46 AM EST
         Started by the Pilgrims? - (Andrew Grygus) - (6) - Nov. 22, 2006, 12:48:03 PM EST
             Links please -NT - (crazy) - (5) - Nov. 22, 2006, 02:46:37 PM EST
                 Links - (jbrabeck) - (2) - Nov. 22, 2006, 02:53:30 PM EST
                     None of that backs Andrew's core statements - (crazy) - (1) - Nov. 22, 2006, 03:14:37 PM EST
                         Well, the middle one admits the feast was secular . . . - (Andrew Grygus) - Nov. 22, 2006, 03:39:15 PM EST
                 Unfortunately 1975 was before much . . . - (Andrew Grygus) - (1) - Nov. 22, 2006, 03:27:13 PM EST
                     Some more linkies. - (Another Scott) - Nov. 22, 2006, 03:34:20 PM EST
         Not in Belgium - (scoenye) - Nov. 22, 2006, 05:13:05 PM EST
         Not in Australia. - (static) - Nov. 22, 2006, 07:57:11 PM EST

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