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Posted 11.25.17 Just Outside Washington FRANK BERNHEISEL
ON BEING THANKFUL
I woke up about 4 AM, thinking about Thanksgiving. The American myth that I learned in grade school came to mind.
It was 1621 in Plymouth, Massachusetts. There had been a good harvest, and the Puritans held a traditional day of Thanksgiving, with a large meal. This good harvest followed a really terrible harvest and winter the previous year. Winters in New England were really long and cold and dark back then.
Because the local Indians had helped the Puritans through that horrible winter, the Puritans invited the Indians to join them in the Thanksgiving celebration.
A wonderful myth, which brought to mind the many things that I have to be thankful for:
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