Thanksgiving Things

Ay, call it holy ground,
The soil where first they trod;
They have left unstained what there they found --
Freedom to worship God.

Go to
The Landing of the Pilgrim Fathers for the full text of Felicia Hemans' famous poem.

Or, for some fun,
Go to
Explaining Thanksgiving to the French for Art Buchwald's classic Thanksgiving column. (Note: this text has some typos in the French.)

Go to
AP Alaskan Thanksgiving Feast article for an article on Thanksgiving dinner in a North Slope village.