Especially because the traditional "first Thanksgiving" story taught in schools tends to erase the true history, with children dressed up as "Pilgrims" and historically inaccurate "Indians." ...
Thanksgiving commemorates the friendship of the Pilgrims and the Native Americans ... fallen from favor: "Indian giver." By the time Thomas Hutchinson, a Massachusetts politician and historian ...
By autumn, however, the remaining Pilgrims celebrated ... there was turkey at the first Thanksgiving. According to Kirkpatrick, other foods likely included Indian corn, fish and lobster.