annie_nswOPCoffs Harbour, New South Wales Australia528 posts
Hi everyone, they dont have a history category so I thought I would post this here ..
Thanksgiving Day
Some may think it strange that a gal from Australia is posting such an article however I am someone who has very strong ties to America's history mainly as I have a past there.
While it is Thanksgiving Day and a time of celebration for many it is also a day of remembrance and saddness for Native Americans the original custodians of the land and a day that changed their history forever.
So on this day while I give thanks to friends and family for being apart of my life I also give thanks to those who have walked before me and honor their lives by being the peaceful person that I am ..
bestbeforesomewhere, Dorset, England UK4,701 posts
annie_nsw: Hi everyone, they dont have a history category so I thought I would post this here ..
Thanksgiving Day
Some may think it strange that a gal from Australia is posting such an article however I am someone who has very strong ties to America's history mainly as I have a past there.
While it is Thanksgiving Day and a time of celebration for many it is also a day of remembrance and saddness for Native Americans the original custodians of the land and a day that changed their history forever.
So on this day while I give thanks to friends and family for being apart of my life I also give thanks to those who have walked before me and honor their lives by being the peaceful person that I am ..
Thanks for sharing.People forget too easily that American history is relatively young and that the past History pre "discovery" is also very important.
annie_nsw: Hi everyone, they dont have a history category so I thought I would post this here ..
Thanksgiving Day
Some may think it strange that a gal from Australia is posting such an article however I am someone who has very strong ties to America's history mainly as I have a past there.
While it is Thanksgiving Day and a time of celebration for many it is also a day of remembrance and saddness for Native Americans the original custodians of the land and a day that changed their history forever.
So on this day while I give thanks to friends and family for being apart of my life I also give thanks to those who have walked before me and honor their lives by being the peaceful person that I am ..
Thanks Annie, most Christians find stuff like this inconceivable of their religion - Id read similar in the past but thanks for the reminder, it makes the stance I feel compelled to take easier to bear
A quote from the link;
"Battle is only one of the ways to destroy an enemy’s will to fight. Massacre can accomplish the same end with less risk, and Mason had determined that massacre would be his objective.”
The colonist army surrounded a fortified Pequot village on the Mystic River. At sunrise, as the inhabitants slept, the Puritan soldiers set the village on fire.
William Bradford, Governor of Plymouth, wrote: “Those that escaped the fire were slain with the sword; some hewed to pieces, others run through with their rapiers, so that they were quickly dispatched and very few escaped. It was conceived they thus destroyed about 400 at this time. It was a fearful sight to see them thus frying in the fire…horrible was the stink and scent thereof, but the victory seemed a sweet sacrifice, and they gave the prayers thereof to God, who had wrought so wonderfully for them.”
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Thanksgiving Day
Some may think it strange that a gal from Australia is posting such an article however I am someone who has very strong ties to America's history mainly as I have a past there.
While it is Thanksgiving Day and a time of celebration for many it is also a day of remembrance and saddness for Native Americans the original custodians of the land and a day that changed their history forever.
So on this day while I give thanks to friends and family for being apart of my life I also give thanks to those who have walked before me and honor their lives by being the peaceful person that I am ..