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Article: THANKSGIVING TRADITIONS.(LIVING)
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- The Cincinnati Post (Cincinnati, OH)
- Article date:
- November 22, 2001
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Byline: Linda Beaulieu Associated Press
Thanksgiving has had a long evolution over the centuries, and that includes the occasional surprise. Popcorn, for example.
There were no forks on that first Thanksgiving table in 1621. Instead, the Pilgrims and Indians shared cups and spoons and used knives and their fingers to eat.
There was no cranberry sauce, and historians seriously doubt that turkey was on the menu.
When the Pilgrims landed at Plymouth Rock in 1620, they saw a barren landscape that seemed most inhospitable. They settled into American Indian villages that had become ghost towns because of smallpox, and they planted crops in ...