Whiteathlete33 condolences on the Lost of your Uncle.
Happy Thanksgiving! Why do we settlement of the 1620 settlement of the Plymouth colony as the founding of this country when in fact Jamestown was settled in 1607? Thanksgiving is a harvest celebration and time to give thanks to God. Though celebrated in Jamestown before the Plymouth colony was even founded the current version appears to come from the 1860's and as such the myths involved with it are a celebration of the founding of the Yankee nation. Jamestown was the founding of the Southern or Confederate nation.
The USA is a country with at least two founding peoples. Probably more if we look at smaller groups like the Dutch, Swedes, Irish who probably did much of the hard labor normally attributed to blacks. Third major group is likely the Germans who should have been the King makers between north and south but always kept a low profile. Have wondered for years if the third cultural area between the North and South mentioned in Geographic class was really the German cultural area. Also, wonder if the New America that some talk about forming in the North Central area could really be New Germany.
Today, Thanksgiving is pushed as a celebration of multiculturalism, but when the White Christian peoples came to this land, Thanksgiving was a time to humble ourselves and give thanks to the Lord God.
