What Do We Want?
Like a diamond or a precious jewel, Thanks- giving has many facets.
In the beginning of our homeschooling years one of the assignments was for each child to choose a character from the Separatist or Indians from Mayflower and first Thanksgiving fame.
We went to the library for books and information, researched and wrote reports on the chosen characters. As a grand finale they each shared their report. I can say a good time was had by all...
That happened in the late 1980's with our oldest kids, (grades ninth, eighth, fourth, and third) doing the projects, but even the younger children enjoyed the work, learning, and sharing.
Fast forward to 2004 when child number seven got to the reading, researching aspect of school experience. We went in to find books at the library on the same subjects. Nothing. There were no books on any of those people.
I was at a loss then, and I'm still at a loss. There has been a come back of a few books. Rush Limbaugh has written a series:
https://www.google.com/search?q=rush+limbaugh+books&oq=Rugh+Limba&aqs=chrome.3.69i57j0l5.8537j0j7&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8
Several of my grandchildren have gotten some of the Limbaugh books and enjoyed them. I myself haven't read them, but the books sound like a good way to learn history.
I do know why this has happened. In order to change the future of our country, enemies of this country must rewrite our history. If we don't know our own history we can be made to believe anything, fact or fiction, about that history.
Half of people that arrived on the Mayflower were religious settlers, Separatists, and half were not religious, called Strangers.
They were supposed to leave for the New World in July of the year 1620, but because of delays they left on September 6, 1620, much later than planned. They sited Cape Cod on November 9, 1620, a trip of 66 days.
Only fifty-one out of the 102 original passengers survived the first winter. It was a harsh reality.
Yet they did survive. The natives of the area weren't all hostile and in the spring a newly returned warrior, Squanto, was brought to help the settlers learn how to plant and harvest crops the next year.
After the first year of famine, in the following fall the Pilgrims celebrated their first harvest in the new world. There were fifty-three Pilgrims and ninety Indians at the feast.
It lasted three days with games of skill and shooting. The Indians and Pilgrims provided food (wild turkeys and venison, corn and vegetables) for the feast.
It was patterned after the feast of harvest from the Bible. Although, many civilizations had traditions of celebrating good harvests and giving praise to deities for their blessings.
Exodus 23:16 "And the feast of harvest, the firstfruits of thy labours, which thou hast sown in the field: and the feast of ingathering, which is in the end of the year, when thou hast gathered in thy labours out of the field."
Psalms 95:1 "O come, let us sing unto the LORD: let us make a joyful noise to the rock of our salvation. 2) Let us come before his presence with thanksgiving, and make a joyful noise unto him with psalms. 3) For the LORD is a great God, and a great King above all gods."
