Staff ReportsNovember 28, 2024
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The National Park Service notes that the traditional Thanksgiving narrative simply left out these celebrations.
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Though most narratives render the American Thanksgiving as an extension of the English Pilgrims landing on Plymouth Rock, there is strong evidence that Florida experienced its own versions of the same holiday. Specifically, Northeast Florida, where explorers landed decades before the Pilgrims reached Massachusetts, as the Jacksonville Historical Society notes. “Fifty-six years before the Pilgrims celebrated their […]