tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5356114186987252972.post7439153695698264332..comments2024-03-28T12:32:38.100-04:00Comments on The Closet Professor: Thanksgiving PoemsJoehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05299122685163501819noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5356114186987252972.post-37444089051164976262013-11-27T10:01:28.207-05:002013-11-27T10:01:28.207-05:00I completely agree with you, Will. My heritage is ...I completely agree with you, Will. My heritage is part Native American, so I always keep that in perspective.Joehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05299122685163501819noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5356114186987252972.post-986219414930629652013-11-27T09:54:09.046-05:002013-11-27T09:54:09.046-05:00Thanksgiving has now become infected with greed an...Thanksgiving has now become infected with greed and commercialism but the Thanksgiving you refer to is the traditional American version oo peace and camaraderie between the English and the Native Americans. You might find Nathaniel Philbrick's Mayflower an interesting read. Among the revelations that don't appear in any of the usual literature or the standard holiday myths is that poles bearing the heads of four Indians were a decade-long ornament at the entrance of the palisaded Plymouth colony and that the Plymouth colony sent boatloads of Indians in chains to be sold as slaves in the West Indies. I am not saying this to denigrate the holiday, but the Pilgrims were human beings with all the usual faults as well as virtues and it would be wise to keep their story in balance.Willhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14279473113628377106noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5356114186987252972.post-51602160897614658522013-11-26T10:50:02.154-05:002013-11-26T10:50:02.154-05:00Both selections are very nice. I did not know the ...Both selections are very nice. I did not know the history of the first, and the second is new to me...Thanks(giving) to you, young man!!!silvereaglehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13811098608576016926noreply@blogger.com