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Ben's response: There have been harvest festivals since times immemorial, and raind dances and songs: Shine on Harvest Moon, etc. But I think, among most peoples, there was resentment, anger, and killing amongst the new settlers --- which was displayed later on this sub-continent. In this instance it seems there was amity. So they gathered together to ask the Lord's Blessing, To Hasten and Chasten his Will to Make Known (whatever that means.) Ben
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Ben, you should know that Thanksgiving is not an "... Ben, you should know that Thanksgiving is not an "exceptionally American holiday" as you said in an earlier post. The feast we know as Thanksgiving is closely related to an annual tradition called the "Harvest festival," which has occurred all over Europe since pagan times, particularly in the United Kingdom. Canadians celebrate it as well -- in fact, the first Thanksgiving in North America predated the Pilgrims, occurring in 1578 in what is now Newfoundland. On United States soil, the first Thanksgiving actually occurred in Texas, among the expedition of Spanish conquistador Francisco Coronado. He had made friends with a group of Texas indians, which had helped him find food. "In the sense of a feast in gratitude to God celebrated by Europeans in North America," this was the first Thanksgiving in the US, according to Wikipedia.
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Ben, you should know that Thanksgiving is not an "... Ben, you should know that Thanksgiving is not an "exceptionally American holiday" as you said in an earlier post. The feast we know as Thanksgiving is closely related to an annual tradition called the "Harvest festival," which has occurred all over Europe since pagan times, particularly in the United Kingdom. Canadians celebrate it as well -- in fact, the first Thanksgiving in North America predated the Pilgrims, occurring in 1578 in what is now Newfoundland. On United States soil, the first Thanksgiving actually occurred in Texas, among the expedition of Spanish conquistador Francisco Coronado. He had made friends with a group of Texas indians, which had helped him find food. "In the sense of a feast in gratitude to God celebrated by Europeans in North America," this was the first Thanksgiving in the US, according to Wikipedia.
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Ben, you should know that Thanksgiving is not an "... Ben, you should know that Thanksgiving is not an "exceptionally American holiday" as you said in an earlier post. The feast we know as Thanksgiving is closely related to an annual tradition called the "Harvest festival," which has occurred all over Europe since pagan times, particularly in the United Kingdom. Canadians celebrate it as well -- in fact, the first Thanksgiving in North America predated the Pilgrims, occurring in 1578 in what is now Newfoundland. On United States soil, the first Thanksgiving actually occurred in Texas, among the expedition of Spanish conquistador Francisco Coronado. He had made friends with a group of Texas indians, which had helped him find food. "In the sense of a feast in gratitude to God celebrated by Europeans in North America," this was the first Thanksgiving in the US, according to Wikipedia.
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Ben, you should know that Thanksgiving is not an "... Ben, you should know that Thanksgiving is not an "exceptionally American holiday" as you said in an earlier post. The feast we know as Thanksgiving is closely related to an annual tradition called the "Harvest festival," which has occurred all over Europe since pagan times, particularly in the United Kingdom. Canadians celebrate it as well -- in fact, the first Thanksgiving in North America predated the Pilgrims, occurring in 1578 in what is now Newfoundland. On United States soil, the first Thanksgiving actually occurred in Texas, among the expedition of Spanish conquistador Francisco Coronado. He had made friends with a group of Texas indians, which had helped him find food. "In the sense of a feast in gratitude to God celebrated by Europeans in North America," this was the first Thanksgiving in the US, according to Wikipedia.
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Ben, you should know that Thanksgiving is not an "... Ben, you should know that Thanksgiving is not an "exceptionally American holiday" as you said in an earlier post. The feast we know as Thanksgiving is closely related to an annual tradition called the "Harvest festival," which has occurred all over Europe since pagan times, particularly in the United Kingdom. Canadians celebrate it as well -- in fact, the first Thanksgiving in North America predated the Pilgrims, occurring in 1578 in what is now Newfoundland. On United States soil, the first Thanksgiving actually occurred in Texas, among the expedition of Spanish conquistador Francisco Coronado. He had made friends with a group of Texas indians, which had helped him find food. "In the sense of a feast in gratitude to God celebrated by Europeans in North America," this was the first Thanksgiving in the US, according to Wikipedia.
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posted by Ben Wattenberg at 1:51 AM
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Sorry Ben, that's just not true. The Pilgrims set apart a day to celebrate at Plymouth immediately after their first harvest, in 1621. At the time, this was not regarded as a Thanksgiving observance; harvest festivals were existing parts of English and Wampanoag (Indian) tradition alike.
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