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The First Thanksgiving

Originally written in a rough year of acrimony and angst, this annual essay recalls the history of the holiday, a living link to its past, and why we’re grateful it’s still here.

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JD Breen
Nov 27, 2024
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Atlanta, GA

November 26, 2020

"First Thanksgiving" by Sidney King; courtesy Berkeley Plantation and Washingtonian.com

We are blessed.

Our house is in a reclusive spot, away from the noise. Not that we’re entirely immune. Periodically…like fumes from a waste dump… “news” seeps thru the sieve of our screens.

But from our back window, calm prevails. We are in …

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