Most stories about Thanksgiving revolve around the Pilgrim side of things. Surely they were thankful that some of them had survived a rough year. And they were very thankful that the local Indians had helped with showing them how to cultivate the local crops. But in some recent reading I have uncovered another interesting fact [...]
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Pilgrims, We Have a Problem
During the last few evenings, when I’m not watching my favorite sport team lose, or drinking Belgian beer that is named after duck sounds (Kwak), I have been reading “Mayflower, A Story of Courage, Community, and War” by Nathaniel Philbrick. I’ve been wanting to read it for awhile and thought this would be a good [...]