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Bad ass Don Pedro Menéndez de Avilés arrives in Florida for Thanksgiving in 1565. One of my ancestors landed at Plymouth Rock. He signed the Mayflower Compact. When I commemorate their first thanksgiving in 1621, some Virginian says, oh, it wasn’t the first because there was one in Jamestown, Virginia, 14 years earlier. But neither …
The old woman felt weird, not cooking this year. But she’d given up cooking Thanksgiving ever since the stroke paralyzed half of her body and forced her into an assisted living home.
“It is the duty of all Nations to acknowledge the providence of Almighty God, to obey his will, to be grateful for his benefits, and humbly to implore his protection and favors.” ~ President George Washington
the real Thanksgiving — the one we refuse to talk about — looked nothing like a Hallmark card. It was less a celebration of abundance and more a collective sigh of relief that they weren’t dead yet.
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On your mark, get set, GO! But before the holiday frenzy gets cranked up, let’s pause to give thanks.
Each Veterans Day weekend, a gathering of Army friends–bound by service, stories, laughter, and tradition–reminds us that shared rituals and gratitude knit together the history and heart of every community.
The Pilgrims, who arrived in Massachusetts in 1620, did more for this nation’s foundation than most of today’s revisionists care to admit.
We who are so blessed to be living in these United States, need to appreciate our blessings. We need to earn this.
Thanksgiving is generally acknowledged as the beginning of the holiday season. Are you up for a challenge?
Ready or not, the holidays are upon us, and it’s time to give thanks. Although we Americans have celebrated Thanksgiving off and on since the autumn of 1621, Thanksgiving did not become a federal holiday until 1870
For decades, gridiron clashes have been synonymous with our Thanksgiving holiday, uniting fans in celebration.
Their lives being so personally miserable, the Usual Suspects on the left want to make normal people’s lives miserable, too, combitching that the holiday should be renamed ‘Truthsgiving’, and too-numerous-to-count articles telling leftists how to ‘survive’ a family get-together in which an irascible uncle — or perhaps even most of the family — are, Heaven …
Thanksgiving reminds us of many things. It tells us of our history, our struggles, our achievements, our God.
Thanksgiving and American Exceptionalism The United States of America is the exception, not the rule. Once we realize that America is an exception, we might even have a sense of gratitude for having been born here, even if gratitude has become un-cool in many quarters. -Thomas Sowell Happy Thanksgiving American Free News Network! We have …
The holidays are upon us, and it’s time to give thanks. It’s even sanctioned by the federal government!