Mr. Deal,

That's why I chose to write my first Thanksgiving story about the Pilgrims
instead of Jamestown. It is so much more about the contributions of the
Natives than the Jamestown story.

Anne

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Subject: Re: Raining on our Jamestown Parade?


> If our emphasis is on colonization, conquest, and state formation, then
> tracing a line from the Jamestown settlement and its English founders
> through independence to the US today makes sense. If, instead, our
> emphasis is on *people* whose descendants are still among us, why not at
> least recognize those who were "here" (anywhere in the lower 48 or all 50
> states) first?
>
> D. Deal
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