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What Are The Myths Of The First Thanksgiving

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As a child growing up, our parents taught us many fictional characters and myths. For example, Santa Calsus, the Easter Bunny, and the myth behind the tooth fairy. Theses thoughts or “tales” are placed in our head so as children, we have the idea of a perfect happy world. In elementary school, I was taught that thanksgiving was simply a time to stuff your face with turkey. As a grew a bit older thanksgiving was expounded and I learned that the first Thanksgiving Day was celebrated in Plymouth by Pilgrims and Native Americans, and this information was still incorrect. While reading the article, “Deconstructing the Myths of the “First Thanksgiving” by Judy Dow and Beverly Slapin, we learned an abundance of new “facts”, for example, there was
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