The first Thanksgiving was celebrated in 1621 to celebrate the pilgrims’ first successful harvest. The celebration lasted several days and included indoor and outdoor feasts. Sometimes the pilgrims and Native Americans ate together, as shown in Brownscombe’s painting, and sometimes they ate separately.The pilgrims had managed to build themselves a few crude homes and the Native Americans built temporary housing for themselves while they attended the festivities. The log cabin in the background of the painting is a historical inaccuracy.
Click for paintings of the Signing of the Mayflower Compact and the Pilgrims’ Landing.
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My Current NaNoWriMo Word Count:
I’m on track again!!!!
I have been enjoying your posts and watching your novel writting word count increase! I am impressed and hoping to see a posting of a few pages of the novel you are writting!
ReplyDeleteThank you so much for reading! That's a good suggestion. I'll look for a section to post that will make sense on its own. Are you participating in NaNo? I'm glad you're enjoying everything. Thanks for the comment!
ReplyDeleteYes, of course we are looking forward to see your novel... or at least part of it! Maybe a few of the first phrases or pages to start with?
ReplyDeleteWow! This is such great encouragement. Okay. At the end of the week I'll post an excerpt. (But keep in mind that it has not been edited--at all.)
ReplyDeleteHey, thanks for requesting a little of Jessica's novel!! I am dying to read some and she hasn't let me yet!
ReplyDeleteGood! You promise to publish a part and I promise to read it!
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