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A Not-So-Traditional Thanksgiving, Part 2
Part 2: Voice of Native Americans by Neil Miller The campaign to make a regional holiday into a national celebration was realized on October 3, 1863, when Abraham Lincoln proclaimed…A Not-So-Traditional Thanksgiving, Part 1
Part 1: The Original Culture War by Neil Miller During the National Day of Mourning rally in Plymouth, Massachusetts, Andres Araica prayed at a statue of Massasoit, chief of the…muckrakers
(Encyclopedia) muckrakers, name applied to American journalists, novelists, and critics who in the first decade of the 20th cent. attempted to expose the abuses of business and the corruption in…The Full Story of the First Thanksgiving
The origins of Thanksgiving trace far back in American history. Its roots are deeply embedded into the country's culture and traditions, celebrated annually by families and friends gathering around…The Congress of Women: Our Forgotten Foremothers
by Mrs. Lillie Devereux Blake The Finding of the New WorldA Self Support ProblemOur Forgotten Foremothers. Mrs. Lillie Devereux Blake was born in Raleigh, N. C. Her father, George P.…Miscellaneous Disasters
1952 Dec. 4-7, London, England: high-pressure system settled over London, trapping pollution near the ground. Some 4,…The Mayflower
The Pilgrims' progress was forwarded by this hearty English vessel Source: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Fifth Edition Copyright © 1993, Columbia University Press. The Mayflower was…Brewer's: Palmer
A pilgrim privileged to carry a palm-staff: In Fosbroke's British Monachism we read that “certain prayers and psalms being said over the pilgrims, as they lay prostrate before the altar,…Brewer's: Shells
on churches, tombstones, and used by pilgrims: (1) If dedicated to James the Greater, the scallop-shell is his recognised emblem. (See James.) If not, the allusion is to the vocation of…A Not-So-Traditional Thanksgiving, Part 3
Part 3: America's Identity by Neil Miller There are obstacles to reconciliation on the Plymouth side as well as the Native American side. One is the Pilgrim Progress procession—a…Trending
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