Thanksgiving Myths- A Videoblog by Kenneth C. Davis

[Ian David]

Run time: 02:01 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Eb2-kgLYgzE   Posted on YouTube: November 16, 2009 By YouTube Member: Views on YouTube: 0   Posted on DU: November 26, 2009 By DU Member: Ian David Views on DU: 426

 
With Thanksgiving around the corner, cutouts of Pilgrims in black clothes and clunky shoes are sprouting all over the place. You may know that the Pilgrims sailed aboard the Mayflower and arrived in Plymouth, Massachusetts in 1620. But did you know their first Thanksgiving celebration lasted three whole days? What else do you know about these early settlers of America? Don’t be a turkey. Try this True-False quiz.

True or False? (Answers below)
1. Pilgrims always wore stiff black clothes and shoes with silver buckles.
2. The Pilgrims came to America in search of religious freedom.
3. Everyone on the Mayflower was a Pilgrim.
4. The Pilgrims were saved from starvation by a native American friend named Squanto.
5. The Pilgrims celebrated the first Thanksgiving in America.

Quiz adapted from Don’t Know Much About Anything Else
And read about America’s real “first Pilgrims” in America’s Hidden History



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http://www.dontknowmuch.com/2009/11/thanksgiving-myths-a-videoblog/