[Sca-cooks] Thanksgiving

[Johnna Holloway]

How about Florida and 1564?
(You have to remember I lived in Virginia for a period of my life and  
learned you can't mention
the holiday without mentioning The Commonwealth's stake in the  
history....)
Seriously, the issue is on newsstands now. It can be found and read in  
store at all larger B&N and Borders stores.

Johnna

On Nov 17, 2010, at 5:35 PM, Elaine Koogler wrote:

> Please tell me that it doesn't say that the Pilgrims did the first
> Thanksgiving!  Because, you know, they didn't.  Their celebration  
> wasn't
> until 1621...whereas a thanksgiving celebration was held at Berkeley
> Plantation in Virginia in 1617!
>
> Kiri
>
> On Wed, Nov 17, 2010 at 4:15 PM, Johnna wrote:
>
>> Just thought I would mention that the December 2010 issue of Early  
>> American
>> Life has an article in it on
>> uncovering the real first Thanksgiving.
>> Life in Early America: The Truth About Thanksgiving  by Winfield  
>> Ross on
>> pages 62-66.