History of Thanksgiving

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Many of the details of the American Thanksgiving story are myths that developed in the 1890s and early 1900s as part of the effort to forge a common national identity in the melting pot of new immigrants. By modern standards the Puritans were fundamentalist extremist who acted with cruelty towards those who did not profess their faith. In particular, Native Americans today often regard this holiday not as something for which they should be thankful but rather the beginning of the tragic process that stole their land and decimated their population.[1]

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	Revision 8 . . (edit) November 21, 2001 11:09 am by MichaelTinkler
	Revision 7 . . November 21, 2001 9:24 am by Eob [Paragraph on reality versus myth. Native American view on Thanksgiving.]
	Revision 6 . . November 21, 2001 8:24 am by Vicki Rosenzweig [minor copyedit; mostly, cap Thursday]
	Revision 5 . . November 21, 2001 6:20 am by Trimalchio [fleshed out the bare facts]
	Revision 4 . . (edit) November 21, 2001 6:19 am by Trimalchio
	Revision 3 . . (edit) November 21, 2001 6:10 am by Trimalchio
	Revision 2 . . November 21, 2001 6:09 am by Trimalchio [added two pilgrim recollections]
	Revision 1 . . November 7, 2001 1:52 am by Egern [First stab at an article.]