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Gourd ‘n Plenty: Why Our Images of the First Thanksgiving are Dead Wrong

by Kate Dolan | Nov 24, 2010 | Colonial America, Food, Holidays, Living History

I don’t really like most Thanksgiving decorations, but after all the Halloween decorations come down, something needs to fill the void until I’m ready to look at reindeer and shepherds. What to use? I’ve never been terribly enamored of the turkey image as a...

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