Thanksgiving ( Archived) (67)

Sorry Ali, I do understand,,,The Turkey is used here for many "instead" of "pork", but they make it out of turkey.
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The English come over and steal the Indians land. America soon follows suit. Next comes the Civil War. In order to try and preserve the Union, Abraham Lincoln designates the last Thursday in November as Thanksgiving, a made up holiday celebrating a made up event. This replaces a holiday celebrating a real event that happened in the war of 1812. Schools soon lap it up. The made up event is now passed off as real history, joining The Midnight Ride of Paul Revere, who, around the same time as The Great Thanksgiving Debacle, gets credit for the ride Israel Bissell made. In Paul's defense, he did ride from Boston to Cambridge, and the belief that when Cristopher Columbus sailed, every one believed the Earth was flat. They didn't. Thus ends the real story of Thanksgiving.


All that aside, I really do enjoy spending the day with my family. I just wish we didn't need a holiday in order to do it.

hi. my post had less to do with guts, and more to do with truth. america isn't the only country with false histories or forgotten histories...everyone has them

I see how Thanksgiving works now is that we only have to give thanks for all we have once a year. The reminder of the year we can piss and moan about what we don't have.

I suppose the very same goes for Mother's Day,Father's Day,Valentines Day etc.WE're only required to show our love for someone because a holiday dictates we should.

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