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The First Thanksgiving
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| 11-21-06
| Tom Purcell
Posted on 11/21/2006 7:44:10 AM PST by Salvation
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To: pgkdan
You must have missed my suggestion that the same Frenchmen who held the first Thanksgiving at Bar Harbor, Maine ALSO officiated at the first Thanksgiving at Jamestown, Virginia.
By that time (arrive in colony 1613 courtesy of Samual Argall, officiate at Thanksgiving in 1619) they had 6 years to learn English. Inasmuch a they were already selling off millions of acres of North America to settlement groups back in England, I suspect they knew English quite well. Since they were also Huguenots with close contact with English Protestants since the early 1500s, I suspect they had known English since they were children in fact.
BTW, the one at St. Augustine doesn't count ~ those guys didn't wish to learn English and assimilate doncha know.
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posted on
11/21/2006 3:43:37 PM PST
by
muawiyah
To: Gvl_M3
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posted on
11/21/2006 9:05:02 PM PST
by
Salvation
(†With God all things are possible.†)
To: muawiyah
**but may explain why we use turkeys instead of bulls).**
LOL!
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posted on
11/21/2006 9:06:27 PM PST
by
Salvation
(†With God all things are possible.†)
To: nickcarraway; sandyeggo; Lady In Blue; NYer; american colleen; ELS; Pyro7480; livius; ...
Any thoughts? Discussion?
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posted on
11/21/2006 9:10:37 PM PST
by
Salvation
(†With God all things are possible.†)
To: Oberon
"Of course, then we'd have to call him the Turkey Friar."
*groan* :o)
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posted on
11/21/2006 9:22:25 PM PST
by
samiam1972
(Live simply so that others may simply live!)
To: Salvation
I sit down at the table with my brother-in-law, so I don't find it too unbelievable that the Pilgrims would sit down with Indians, that they sometimes fought with.
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posted on
11/22/2006 4:24:24 AM PST
by
SampleMan
(Do not dispute the peacefulness of Islam, so as not to send Muslims into violent outrage.)
To: samiam1972
*groan* :o) Thank you, thank you...I'm here all week...don't forget to tip your waitress...
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posted on
11/22/2006 5:07:36 AM PST
by
Oberon
(What does it take to make government shrink?)
To: Salvation
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posted on
11/22/2006 8:35:01 AM PST
by
murphE
(These are days when the Christian is expected to praise every creed but his own. --G.K. Chesterton)
To: Salvation
Next you're going to tell me they didn't play football, either.
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posted on
11/22/2006 8:43:28 AM PST
by
P.O.E.
To: hispanarepublicana
The History Channel special the other night says the DID eat wild turkey on that first Thanksgiving.I'm sure they did; there are still plenty of them up here in MA! There used to be a pair of turkeys that hung around the neighborhood where our Parish is located. I think one of them finally got hit by a car.
Just about a month ago, I saw a turkey standing in the median of Belmont St. in Worcester which is four lanes ON EACH SIDE! I guess he must have come from the field to the north, adjacent to UMass Medical School.
I even had a mama turkey and her 3 poults wander into our backyard one summer day. She and they were feasting on the seeds of the tall grass where the yard meets the woods in back. I have a friend who owns 5 acres on the edge of town, and she said she sees flocks of turkeys all the time.
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posted on
11/22/2006 3:09:51 PM PST
by
SuziQ
To: Salvation
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posted on
11/22/2006 3:56:09 PM PST
by
Ciexyz
(Satisfied owner of a 2007 Toyota Corolla.)
To: muawiyah
Full barbecue pit - sounds like a pig roast Thanksgiving!
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posted on
11/22/2006 3:58:27 PM PST
by
Ciexyz
(Satisfied owner of a 2007 Toyota Corolla.)
To: All
Happy Thanksgiving, everyone!
Bless us, O Lord,
and these, they gifts,
which we are about to receive
from thy bounty,
through Christ, our Lord.
Amen
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posted on
11/23/2006 6:58:53 AM PST
by
Salvation
(†With God all things are possible.†)
To: Salvation
Just saw the misspelled word above.
Happy Thanksgiving, everyone!
Bless us, O Lord,
and these, thy gifts,
which we are about to receive
from thy bounty,
through Christ, our Lord.
Amen
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posted on
11/23/2006 7:03:23 AM PST
by
Salvation
(†With God all things are possible.†)
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