LISTSERV - VA-HIST Archives - LISTLVA.LIB.VA.US

VA-HIST Archives

Discussion of research and writing about Virginia history

VA-HIST@LISTLVA.LIB.VA.US

	LISTSERV Archives
	VA-HIST Home

	Log In
	Register

	Subscribe or Unsubscribe

	Search Archives

Options:	Use Forum View Use Monospaced Font Show Text Part by Default Show All Mail Headers
Message:	[<< First] [< Prev] [Next >] [Last >>]
Topic:	[<< First] [< Prev] [Next >] [Last >>]
Author:	[<< First] [< Prev] [Next >] [Last >>]

Subject:	Re: Berkeley Thanksgiving in 1619?
From:	"Byrd, Deborah" <[log in to unmask]>
Reply To:	Discussion of research and writing about Virginia history <[log in to unmask]>
Date:	Mon, 20 Nov 2006 09:48:29 -0700
Content-Type:	text/plain
Parts/Attachments:	text/plain (17 lines)

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

To subscribe, change options, or unsubscribe, please see the instructions
at http://listlva.lib.va.us/archives/va-hist.html

ATOM RSS1 RSS2

LISTLVA.LIB.VA.US