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Article: Thanksgiving -- as Canadian as pirates
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- Winnipeg Free Press
- Article date:
- October 11, 2009
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Early tradition of expressing debt to farmers is worth reviving
My boss asked me the other day if I would write something about Thanksgiving. My first reaction was, Gobble Gobble, are you kidding? He shrugged his shoulders and disappeared into his office, but I decided to give it some thought anyway.
After a quick look at some online sources and a few dusty old encyclopedias in the Free Press library, I discovered that Canadian Thanksgiving actually has an interesting and controversial history. Did you know, for example, that the first Thanksgiving celebration in North America was held in Canada, not the United States as many of us have been led to believe?
According to the Canadian ...