very year we cook the turkey, gather friends and family and share stories. But where does the tradition of Thanksgiving come from? How does the feast of today figure into American history and how distorted have the stories of pilgrims, corn and pumpkins become? The celebration of Thanksgiving does falls in line with English and Native American harvest festivals and in 1621 a myth about the American Thanksgiving began to form. A colonist named Edward Winslow wrote a romanticized account of a three-day feast between Native Americans and a group of colonists in Plymouth. It included descriptions ..read more

nspired by the spirit and history of the , this colonial era box diorama entitled Thanksgiving Box Diorama: Thankful for Home and Harvest , depicts a pilgrim taking a moment during harvest time to thank the lord and to give praise for her good fortune. Families would attend church twice on that day and share their good fortune with extended family who visited from nearby towns or colonies. This special day consisted of togetherness in the truest sense of the word, as each family member contributed to chores while sharing memories, anecdotes, and gossip to pass the time and strengthen their bon ..read more