THREE DAYS!?!?!?!!   Let it never be said that those Puritans did not know HOW to throw a real party!!!

But again we have an image problem.  I don't know if the Puritans really dressed in those cool black and white clothes, but artists certainly have attributed the dress to them.  We have nothing comparable which distinguishes Jamestown Dress.

So all in all, Plymouth has simplicity going for it (whether facts support it or not)

    - Simple, unique dress
    - The Turkey is the centerpiece of the food
    - 'Religious Freedom' is the supertitle
    - A (well?) documented celebration using the keyword Thanksgiving
    - Nearly 400 years of the legend (Hey, I wonder if there is anything in this that the TV Mythbusters can tackle......)
    - A wealth of coloring books, dolls, school plays, etc. that perpetuate the picture
    
And of course we have Public Television producing THE PILGRAM HOUSE a year or so ago year, which mercifully has been absent for a spell, but I get it will come back right in the middle of OUR Jamestown celebration.   Worse, I guess that the movie THE NEW WORLD is beyond redemption, although I did find a copy on AMAZON.COM for $5.98 and ordered it.  But remember (marketing pitch coming up)  THE MUSIC LIVES  --  watch for it on the Jamestown 1807-1907-2007 Music CD early next year!!!!

Randy Cabell
The Trumpeter of Boyce

----- Original Message ----- 
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Sent: Monday, November 20, 2006 11:48 AM
Subject: Re: [VA-HIST] Berkeley Thanksgiving in 1619?


> 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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