The Thanksgiving You Never Learned in School - NaPodPoMo 2025 #22
In this opening episode of the Randy Unscripted Thanksgiving series, Randy Black takes listeners beyond the familiar classroom version of Thanksgiving to uncover the deeper and more complex history behind one of America’s most celebrated holidays. Drawing on his background as a former history teacher, Randy explores the lesser-known stories surrounding early thanksgiving observances, including Indigenous traditions of gratitude, the 1619 Berkeley Hundred thanksgiving in Virginia, Spanish celebrations in St. Augustine, and the cultural forces that eventually elevated the Plymouth narrative…
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