AHA!!!!!!! Just as I thought. The next thing we will be told is that fifers
and drummers at the REAL Colonial Williamsburg did not actually get together
in a huge corps, but spent most of their time attached to, tootting and
drumming for the infantry companies or artillery batteries of which they
were members. i.e. fifes and drums were FIELD MUSIC, as were their
follow-ons which were bugles, intended to be part of the command and control
system to relay orders, and not give concerts.
Hmmmmmm. Another stake in the ground for "It never was 'like it was' "
???????
Randy Cabell
The Trumpeter of Jamestowne
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Sent: Tuesday, November 21, 2006 8:30 PM
Subject: Re: [VA-HIST] Berkeley Thanksgiving in 1619?
> 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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