Last night on the Histroy channel was an/a "History of Thanksgiving" (the
proper use of a vs an before the supposedly half silent letter h always
confuses me). The program's opening 5 minutes gave brief mention to the the
first giving of thanks in North America being at the Berkley One Hundred in
1619. The program also mentioned the Spanish Thanksgiving in the 1590's in
Santa Fe, New Mexico which was also discounted.
However, since the dour puritans broke out in three days of celebrations in
1620, it is accepted that the Massachusets party was the first thanksgiving
in Colonial America.
Deborah Byrd
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