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How the Plymouth Pilgrims took over Thanksgiving – and who history left behind

  • Written by Thomas Tweed, Professor Emeritus of American Studies and History, University of Notre Dame
How the Plymouth Pilgrims took over Thanksgiving – and who history left behind'The First Thanksgiving, 1621,' by Jean L. G. Ferris.Library of Congress

Nine in 10 Americans gather around a table to share food on Thanksgiving. At this polarizing moment, anything that promises to bring Americans together warrants our attention.

But as a historian of religion, I feel obliged to recount how popular interpretations of Thanksgiving...

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