To each of you I wish a very happy and blessed Thanksgiving.
Remember the author of this feast of Thanksgiving a day that marks the real beginning of American history. 78% of the women died the first winter in Plimouth, Massachusetts. Only a few children and men passed on and so the Wompanoag Indian guests outnumbered the Pilgrims by more than 2 to 1.
In the flickering reds and saffrons,
They came in a ramshackle tub,
Pilgrims in tall hats,
Pilgrims of iron jaws,
Drifting by weeks on beaten seas,
And the random chapters say
They were glad and sang to God.
─Carl Sandburg
Remember the author of this feast of Thanksgiving a day that marks the real beginning of American history. 78% of the women died the first winter in Plimouth, Massachusetts. Only a few children and men passed on and so the Wompanoag Indian guests outnumbered the Pilgrims by more than 2 to 1.
Fire Dreams (1918)
I remember here by the fire,In the flickering reds and saffrons,
They came in a ramshackle tub,
Pilgrims in tall hats,
Pilgrims of iron jaws,
Drifting by weeks on beaten seas,
And the random chapters say
They were glad and sang to God.
─Carl Sandburg
Wishing you a very Happy Thanksgiving.
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