“The conscious or unconscious relationship to God in a man’s heart determines both man’s cultus and his culture.” —Henry Van Til What’s a Pilgrim? The Pilgrim Fathers, like Thanksgiving itself, are quickly slipping down the collective memory hole of American ...
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The First Thanksgiving? It’s Not What You Thought
I have read with interest a recent excellent article by Debra G Miller in the current issue of the Society of Mayflower Descendants in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Newsletter, and felt moved to add to it my own simple observation. ...
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Host Bill Heid talks to American historian Roger Schultz, who separates fact from fiction in what we believe about the Pilgrims and Native Americans. Even Rush Limbaugh has some of it wrong in his latest book, “Rush Revere and the ...
Read More »Thanksgiving: A Uniquely American Tradition
The uniquely American tradition of observing a special day of Thanksgiving to God dates to long before the colonies became a nation. Though it did not become an official holiday until 1863 at the proclamation of Abraham Lincoln, Thanksgiving existed ...
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