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Thanksgiving Games, New Perspectives
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Thanksgiving Games, New Perspectives

Exactly 402 years after the first one

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Jim Buie
Nov 22, 2021
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Exactly 402 years after the first Thanksgiving, we are celebrating again this week. My family sometimes plays a game in which names from the 17th century are taped on the back of each member in attendance: names such as Captain John Smith, Pocahontas, Virginia Dare, Squanto, Pilgrim, Chief Powhatan, King James, and turkey. Each person has to guess who t…

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