Thanksgiving is a political holiday. It honors and mythologizes the comity -- based on a formal treaty - - between two peoples who needed what the other had to offer at a particular point in time.
Guest View: Even The First Thanksgiving Was Political
Francis Wilkinson Bloomberg View, The Southern: Opinions
Thu, 11/26/2015 - 12:00am
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