Happy Thanksgiving to you. I think it’s important to look back to the first Thanksgiving to understand the Pilgrams were not the only ones celebrating the fruitful harvest. It’s interesting how our traditional Thanksgiving meal has changed over time.
The first Thanksgiving with the Pilgrims and Wampanoag North American Indians at Plymouth Colony in 1621.
What was served on the first Thanksgiving?
“Wildfowl was there. Corn, in grain form for bread or for porridge, was there. Venison was there,” says Kathleen Wall, a foodways culinarian at Plimoth Patuxet, a living history museum in Plymouth, Massachusetts. “These are absolutes.”
Turkey may have been part of the holiday meal, along with venison, shellfish and corn, but pies and potatoes were decidedly not on the menu.
I pray you and your family are safe, making great memories, neighbors and not forgetting the elderly or those in need.
My ancestors were Cherokee Indians, I have 1/16 in my blood and I’m very proud. Many often forget that Native American Indians were here long before the migrants.
Melinda
Refernce:
https://congregationallibrary.org/events/colonization-wampanoag-story
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that is so interesting Melinda, I hope you have a blessed thanksgiving today! Xx
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Beautiful 💜💜
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Thank you. I have to make a point when I can that Native American Indians were before our country had a name.
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Yes indeed that is very true and like all original peoples they were treated very badly by the incomers. 💜💜
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Yes, Native American Indians have been slaughtered, lost there land and pushed into reservations where alcoholism, drug abuse and suicide number a way high. I’m ashamed of what America did and nothing will change.
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