The "dour" Puritans are an artifact of bad research, and perhaps Walt
Disney. While the Pilgrims were Puritans they did not wear the plain
black and white clothes always depicted.

James Brothers, RPA
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On Nov 20, 2006, at 11:48, Byrd, Deborah wrote:

> 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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