Was the first Thanksgiving…well, the FIRST Thanksgiving?

I love this painting, its called, “The First Thanksgiving” (1912 – 1915) by Jean Louis Gerome Ferris. I love it because it gives a perfectly wrong impression of what things were like. But anyway… Thinking aloud here, so just bare with me…. What is it about the story of “The First Thanksgiving” that makes it … Continue reading »

When and how did Thanksgiving become a National Holiday?

  Happy looking dogs right? But anyway… I’ve always wanted to know this question and no, I wasn’t taught this in elementary school. We’ve all heard the story about the first Thanksgiving, but the actual holiday did not become a national one until many years later. It really is an interesting story and because of it each … Continue reading »