A Time of Thanksgiving Right
By Susan-s3js
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My husband and children are Mayflower descendants. That makes Thanksgiving extra special for us
Journaling reads:
What we, in America, think of as the First Thanksgiving, wasn’t. It was A Thanksgiving - and the one we tend to accept as the beginning because the Pilgrims have become icons, the heroes of the Great Migration - the early pioneers we honor above all the others. What we honor is their perseverance, strength, courage, hardiness, dedication to what they believed. It was these God-given character traits that caused them to succeed when others failed. God blessed their endeavors because they leaned on Him, using the gifts He gave them individually, and the grace He sent them through others.
With that first horrifying Winter over and a good harvest brought in to see them through the upcoming winter, the Pilgrims that arrived on the Mayflower in 1621 took stock and declared a time of Thanksgiving to the God of Creation in November 1622. They probably feasted for a week, not just a day. They certainly prayed and worshipped God. They held games and invited Massasoit and his people to join them as a way of thanking them and honoring them for their very great part in the survival of the Plymouth Colony.
We really don’t know the details of that time of Thanksgiving that has come to be honored as Thanksgiving Day (which was not officially made an American holiday until 1863). We know the names of those who attended. John and Priscilla Mullins Alden were there, but we have no real pictures of them, only artists’ concepts. We know that Edward Winslow and Myles Standish were there, as well, and real images of them survive - the only two authentic graphical images we have of the Pilgrims. How humbling it is to be numbered among the descendants of these hearty settlers that gave everything to come to a New World where they could worship and live in peace and freedom! How much we have to be thankful for, on this side of history. They laid the foundations of the liberty we so take for granted today. Would we do the same? I wonder?
What they ate
Duck Goose Venison Lobster Mussels Oysters Eels Cabbage Onions
Indian Corn Squash Pumpkin Leeks Turnips Parsnips Collards Carrots
Spinach Grapes Plums Parsley Sage Thyme Marjoram Dried Cranberries
Kits: Giving Thanks and Forever Charmed Holiday Whimsy both by Barb Speck Torn edges template by Kim Hill
Font: FG Amura and Perpetua Titling MT
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