I was just being sarcastic and playing off of the recent Columbus Day weekend.
The regular answer to your question is:
...but then you get people with too much time on their hands making statements like this on wikipedia. >_>
And now I'm done with being off topic. (mah b)
The regular answer to your question is:
The event that Americans commonly call the "First Thanksgiving" was celebrated to give thanks to Native Americans for helping the Pilgrims of Plymouth Colony survive their first brutal winter in New England.[2] The first Thanksgiving feast lasted three days, providing enough food for 53 pilgrims and 90 Native Americans.
...but then you get people with too much time on their hands making statements like this on wikipedia. >_>
Much like Columbus Day, Thanksgiving is seen by some as a celebration of the conquest and genocide of Native Americans by European colonists. Professor Dan Brook of UC Berkeley condemns the "cultural and political amnesia" of Americans that celebrate Thanksgiving, saying that "We do not have to feel guilty, but we do need to feel something."[49] Professor Robert Jensen of the University of Texas at Austin is somewhat harsher, saying that "One indication of moral progress in the United States would be the replacement of Thanksgiving Day and its self-indulgent family feasting with a National Day of Atonement accompanied by a self-reflective collective fasting."
And now I'm done with being off topic. (mah b)
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