To: GEN-MEDIEVAL-L@rootsweb.com
In a message dated 10/27/04 2:16:17 AM,lostcooper@yahoo.com writes:
The first recorded Thanksgiving Holiday was in 1639 ...
Hog wash! Try the site below and you will find that the FIRST
Thanksgiving was in Va. on Dec. 4, 1619.
http://www.thefamilytravelfiles.com/ezi ... es/518.asp
==================================================================
In the SouthWest we know that the First Thanksgiving was held April 30, 1598 on the banks of the Rio Grande, a few miles downstream from today's El Paso, TX (though Floridians will remind us that Spaniards and Indians shared salt pork and sea biscuits near what is now St. Augustine, in September, 1565).
Enjoying reading:
http://www.h-net.org/~hns/articles/1998/111898a.html
http://missiontrail.elp.rr.com/first_thanksgiving.html
Chris Mueller ~ Ibero-American Resources Librarian
University Libraries
University of New Mexico
Albuquerque New Mexico
_______________________________________________
No banners. No pop-ups. No kidding.
Make My Way your home on the Web - http://www.myway.com