I still love my country, my family, my friends. Some can - feast on bitterness and regret if they

Posted: Nov 23rd, 2017 - 6:15 am In Reply to: Jamestown has nothing to do with the first Thanksgiving. - That is the truth.

want.

We shall have fun, eat until we (almost) pop and be thankful for all we have. Even if the roof leaks!

Last year my aunt made a stupid joke about the drink "White Russian" containing a "dash of Trump" and laughed like that wasn't stupid. But aside from that, we were able to avoid political arguments cause we aren't a bunch of belligerent jerks and had a good time anyway.

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The true story of Thanksgiving and the Pilgrims. - In the 1600s the Church of England (Views: 1301, 2017-11-23, 1:23 am)
- Nope. - Realist (Views: 573, 2017-11-23, 2:36 am)
  - BTW, we have Bradford's letters plus - Realist (Views: 524, 2017-11-23, 2:38 am)
    - Jamestown has nothing to do with the first Thanksgiving. - That is the truth. (Views: 554, 2017-11-23, 5:51 am)
      - I still love my country, my family, my friends. Some can - feast on bitterness and regret if they
        Historical accounts = Bitterness? - LOL (Views: 550, 2017-11-23, 10:56 am)
        ` - ` (Views: 448, 2017-11-24, 11:21 am)
      - Who knew thank being thankful and having - gratitude now is politically incorrect. (Views: 514, 2017-11-23, 9:37 am)
        There is an "unthanksgiving day" movement going on - now. Sad, isn't it? (Views: 522, 2017-11-25, 3:38 am)
        Propagated by none other than Colin Kaepernick. - sm (Views: 477, 2017-11-25, 10:55 am)
        No, he just attended the annual event that is...sm - VTMT (Views: 431, 2017-11-25, 12:43 pm)
        do you know the meaning of "propagate"? - Was correctly used by poster you are (Views: 482, 2017-11-25, 5:28 pm)
        Even though they planted crops that year, there was no rain. - Pilgrims prayed to God and it rained (Views: 505, 2017-11-27, 10:52 am)
      - As stated - TheyStarved (Views: 565, 2017-11-23, 10:45 am)
        I'm not sure why you are being so rude. I was only trying to - brief. I know all about Jamestown (Views: 495, 2017-11-24, 1:20 am)
  - Double Nope - Lakota/Odawa (Views: 575, 2017-11-23, 1:38 pm)
  - What do you mean nope. You are talking about Jamestown, - which other than the Pilgrims being (Views: 679, 2017-11-24, 12:54 am)
    - It's in the link. - Nope (Views: 446, 2017-11-24, 1:07 pm)
- Thanks, here some more history from George Washington. - "Congress have, by their jont (Views: 537, 2017-11-23, 5:41 am)
- This is truly magnificent if you think about it. "America has - much for which to be thankful. (Views: 530, 2017-11-23, 5:47 am)
  - Here is a historical account by Benson Lossing. - We are blessed to have historical (Views: 574, 2017-11-23, 9:00 am)
- I am thankful for being in good health and the health of my - family, my faith in God, I am (Views: 541, 2017-11-23, 5:54 am)
  - This reminds me of a women here in Baltimore. Her name was - Bea Gaddy. She was a homeless (Views: 728, 2017-11-23, 5:59 am)
- The description I read is the Pilgrims operated like some kind of - commune, but they found out that (Views: 501, 2017-11-23, 6:08 am)
  - Spot on! - Realist (Views: 524, 2017-11-23, 10:55 am)
    - Another link - Bradford's letters - Realist (Views: 600, 2017-11-23, 11:39 am)
    - Exactly. Socialism didn't work. - nm (Views: 446, 2017-11-24, 12:47 am)
  - Yes, and when they found they could start keeping their - own fruits of their labor they flourished, (Views: 472, 2017-11-24, 4:07 am)
- Thanks for the post. Even farther back than this, - the Pilgrims lived in Leiden, Holland (Views: 488, 2017-11-23, 6:27 am)
- Thanksgiving - see link (Views: 525, 2017-11-23, 7:58 am)
- Happy Thanksgiving to my fellow MTs. - sm (Views: 854, 2017-11-23, 8:29 am)
- I'm thankful that God in Heaven saw fit to allow me, a - sinner and imperfect woman, to find the (Views: 487, 2017-11-23, 9:33 am)
  - Sorry - Little old me (Views: 486, 2017-11-23, 1:39 pm)
- I am thankful that we finally have a president who loves America - and ALL of her people. (Views: 604, 2017-11-23, 9:59 am)
- Thank you for this! Socialism didn't work even back then. - Once people got to keep what they (Views: 464, 2017-11-24, 12:50 am)
- They also had a good relationship with other local natives - including the Massasoit from the (Views: 823, 2017-11-24, 1:15 am)
- Poor planning. - Alice (Views: 641, 2017-11-24, 1:05 pm)
  - Just another post to mock Christians, no doubt. - They had many provisions including (Views: 449, 2017-11-25, 2:51 am)
    - Nobody said they couldn't fish. - Alice (Views: 523, 2017-11-25, 9:15 am)
  - I see it as a miracle. - Whatever (Views: 724, 2017-11-25, 3:36 am)
    - Over 50% croaked the first year. - Alice (Views: 778, 2017-11-25, 9:18 am)