Index

• News Stories

• Commentary

News

• The History of the Presidential Turkey Pardon
  

  

• It's time to talk turkey about Thanksgiving traditions
  

• National heritage day honors American Indians
  

• 10 Things You Didn't Know About Thanksgiving
  

• Claremont parents clash over kindergarten Thanksgiving costumes
  

• Learning more than history at Plimoth
  

• Truman never pardoned a Turkey (2007)
• Plymouth: If Not First in Time, First in the Country’s Heart (2007)
• Godfrey Hodgson: Affectionately exploring how Thanksgiving changed through time (2006)
• ‘Desperate’ measures: History Channel reveals truth behind Pilgrims’ journey (2006)
• Talking turkey about the REAL 1st Thanksgiving (2006)
• Thanksgiving story more myth than history (2006)
• Then: revisiting the feasts of yore (2006)
• Feathers ruffled by book claiming to debunk 'myths' of first Thanksgiving (2006)
• Nathaniel Philbrick debunks Pilgrim myth (2006)
• Teachers Emphasize the Indians' Side (2006)
• Native Americans mourn loss of land with "Unthanksgiving" rite (2005)
• Florida experts insist first Thanksgiving here (2005)

Commentary

• Elyssa East: Thanksgiving, A Moveable Fast
  

• Larry E. Tise: Our Turkish-American Thanksgiving Bird
  

• William Loren Katz: Thanksgiving mythology began with the first Thanksgiving
  

• Jerry Bower: Lessons From A Capitalist Thanksgiving
  

• Ira Stoll: The national holiday actually began at a dark hour during our war for independence. Here's the story.
  

• Kenneth C. Davis: French settlers bested the Mayflower Pilgrims
  

• Larry E. Tise: Why Is Our Thanksgiving Bird Called a Turkey? (Answer: Because, of course, it came from Turkey)
  
• By Robert Jensen
• How Dylan is a lot like Plymouth Rock By Nathaniel Philbrick
• Nathaniel Philbrick debunks Pilgrim myth (audio)
• How the Pilgrims Made Progress By WSJ
• The Pilgrims Gave Thanks but Not for the Menu By James E. McWilliams
• The surprising origins of "We Gather Together," a Thanksgiving standard By Melanie Kirkpatrick
• That First Thanksgiving By John Tierney
• The Truth About Thanksgiving Is that the Debunkers Are Wrong By Jeremy Bangs
• Thanksgiving Day Myths By Timothy Walch
• Top 10 Myths About Thanksgiving By Rick Shenkman
• Thanksgiving Evolved ... By Ralph Luker

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