Thanksgiving. George Washington first proclaimed it, Thanksgiving.
Well, who was thanking who for what?
That’s the root of the error.
- The root of it is that the Pilgrims must have been giving thanks to the Indians for saving them.
- That’s not what the Pilgrims were thankful for, as you will soon hear.
“The story of the Pilgrims begins in the early part of the seventeenth century (that’s the 1600s for those of you in Rio Linda, California).
The Church of England under King James I was persecuting anyone and everyone who did not recognize its absolute civil and spiritual authority.”
The first Pilgrims were Christian rebels, folks.
“Those who challenged [King James’] ecclesiastical authority and those who believed strongly in freedom of worship were hunted down, imprisoned, and sometimes executed for their beliefs” in England in the 1600s...
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