Mary McNamara: What you don't know about the first Thanksgiving might keep you home for this one
by Mary McNamara, Los Angeles Times
Nov 24, 2020
4 minutes
To mark the 400th anniversary of one of the world's most famous voyages, the Mayflower Memorial in Southhampton, England, installed a new plaque this month. Situated alongside those honoring the Mayflower's passengers and crew, it reads: "In memory of the Wampanoag of Patuxet who perished in the 'Great Dying' plague of 1616 to 1619 introduced by European and English invaders. The decimated village of Patuxet — a graveyard — was settled by the pilgrims who arrived on the Mayflower in 1620. They renamed the village Plymouth Colony."
Now, I don't want to ruin anyone's Thanksgiving or anything, but I honestly don't know what to do with the fact that, despite a
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