Actually, the Puritans' alleged first celebration was
in 1621, not 1620 when they arrived. But, it was
fiction so the year doesn't really matter that much,
at least to me. The Puritans have always had better
press than the Cavaliers.

jc





--- "Byrd, Deborah" <[log in to unmask]> 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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