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On November 3, 2008, I originally printed the essay below. We have reprinted it each year since on Thanksgiving weeks, with small alterations to address issues of the time, and it never ceases to garner a huge reaction. In 2021, more than ever, people need to be reminded of the positive roots of their nation…and despite what you’re told seemingly on the daily, there are some positive things about America. The story below is 100% provably true (and footnoted accordingly), and the fact that most of you have never heard it before is scandalous to say the least:What really happened in 1621, at the first alleged “Thanksgiving feast” in what would later become America? Most Americans, sadly, don’t know. If they even have an answer, it usually involves a fake narrative of Native Americans feeding starving pilgrims, only to be thanked years later with genocide. While it is true that Pilgrims and Indians ate together, both sides contributed equal amounts of food over the three-day feast…and while it is true that war l

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