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hlthe2b

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1. Either way, it did not turn out so well for the nation's Native Americans...

Reply to mahatmakanejeeves (Original post)

Thu Nov 24, 2022, 10:55 AM

Nov 2022

Especially since the current VA Governor would be content if kids were taught that they were the nation's first "IMMIGRANTS!"

So, I wish the nation's Native Ancestors a far better future than we've presented them thus far.

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The First Thanksgiving Took Place in Virginia, not Massachusetts. [View all] mahatmakanejeeves Nov 2022 OP

Either way, it did not turn out so well for the nation's Native Americans... hlthe2b Nov 2022 #1

The cranberry sauce must have come later. Sneederbunk Nov 2022 #2

This is my historical understanding of the first Thanksgiving. SlimJimmy Nov 2022 #3

Thanks. NT mahatmakanejeeves Nov 2022 #4

Correct, thanks for posting this. appalachiablue Nov 2022 #5

On this day, December 4, 1619, English settlers celebrated their first Thanksgiving in Virginia. mahatmakanejeeves Dec 2022 #6