Colonists

Debunking Thanksgiving Myths at Plimoth Plantation

Eileen Ogintz | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Boston, Plymouth, Wampanoag, Pennsylvania, New Hampshire, Thanksgiving, Plimoth Plantation, Pilgrims, Rhode Island, Colonists, Massachusetts, Food News
Eileen Ogintz

No cranberry sauce or mashed potatoes (sweet or otherwise). No pumpkin or apple pie and not necessarily turkey either. Did I mention eating with your hands? What kind of Thanksgiving is this? The first one. In 1621. At Plimouth Plantation.

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An Abiding Presence of Faith: Protecting Harlem's African Burial Ground and Churches Under Threat, Part I

Michael Henry Adams | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Reginald Pelham Bolton, Harlem, Law, Church, State Senator José Serrano, American Indians, Native Americans, Savages, Historic Preservation, Colonists, Dutch, Elmendorf Dutch Reformed Church, State Senator Bill Perkins, New York, Worship, Tara Morrison, Public Hearing, Superintendent of the African Burial Ground National Memorial, Slavery, Negro, African Burial Ground, Ephesis Seventh Day Adventist Church, Saint Andrews Episcopal Church, Allen Price, New York News
Michael Henry Adams

What is now the Metropolitan Transit Authority's 126th Street bus depot sits atop a colonial-era burial ground for African slaves and free blacks.

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5 Reasons The Founding Fathers Were Kind Of Dicks

cracked.com | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Founding Fathers, Colonists, Revolutionary War, Comedy News

It's easy to say the modern teabaggers are assholes. The modern teabaggers are assholes. See? We didn't even break a sweat. But as it turns out, th...

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This Thanksgiving, Let's Not Keep Fighting the Trojan War

Travis Nichols | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Ed Sanders, Louise Erdrich, Trojan War, Jack Spicer, Thanksgiving Poems, Poetry, First Thanksgivings, Native Americans, Thanksgiving, Colonists, Poems, American Colonists, Books, Mary Rowlandson, Books News
Travis Nichols

In Mary Rowlandson's hugely popular captivity narrative from 1676, she describes her colony's struggles with the natives and how, when such a struggle was won, the town leaders held days of public thanksgiving.

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The Declaration of Independence: Good Spin Plus High Principles

Lanny Davis | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Declaration of Independence, House of Commons, Magna Carta, Thomas Jefferson, Colonists, Private Property, King George, Politics News
Lanny Davis

This was pure political spin. Scapegoat the king, obviously an easier target to demonize than the collective gentlemen of the House of Commons.

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We are like a city on a hill

Logan Nakyanzi Pollard | Posted 05.25.2011

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Logan Nakyanzi Pollard

This election will show the public's choice, its mandate for the type of leader it wants to deal with complex issues, like why people use terrorism as a tactic to dialogue with those in power.

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