Uploaded January 2023 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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America was founded when a group of Protestant Christians, fleeing religious persecution in Europe, made the harrowing journey across the Atlantic. Except, no it wasn't and no they weren't. This story is a lie.

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Sources

This Land is Their Land: The Wampanoag Indians, Plymouth Colony, and the Troubled History of Thanksgiving (2019)
amzn.to/3IpGI23

The Wordy Shipmates (2008)
amzn.to/3PgeF7p

We Shall Remain (2009)
kanopy.com/en/video/1514972

American Experience: The Pilgrims (2015)
pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/films/pilgrims/#part01

Children's Books
…If You Sailed on the Mayflower in 1620 (1991) - amzn.to/3YdA2v7
The Story of the Pilgrims (1995) - amzn.to/3FHSZ1W
If You Were At The First Thanksgiving (2001) - amzn.to/3UL5caw
The Very First Thanksgiving Day (2006) - amzn.to/3UL5fmI
Pete the Cat: The First Thanksgiving (2013) - amzn.to/3HqmXZp

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Video Credits -
Family Guy S7 E16 “Peter’s Progress”
The Simpsons S17 E18 “The Wettest Stories Ever Told”
South Park S4 E13 “Helen Keller! The Musical”
South Park S15 E13 “A History Channel Thanksgiving”
The Brady Bunch S2 E4 “The Un-underground Movie”
Happy Days S6 E12 “The First Thanksgiving”
This is America, Charlie Brown Ep 1 “The Mayflower Voyagers”
Thanks! S1-S6
America: The Story of Us Ep 1 “Rebels”
Flintstones 1960-1966 Intro Theme
President Reagan's Farewell Address to the Nation - youtu.be/UKVsq2daR8Q

Photo Credits -
media.sciencephoto.com/v7/00/00/46/v7000046-800px-wm.jpg
upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b4/New_England_%281%29.jpg
Photo 32216961 / Wampanoag © David Persson | Dreamstime.com
Photo 57017611 / Maps Desk © Emotionart | Dreamstime.com
upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/63/The_Mayflower_Compact_1620_cph.3g07155.jpg
bethelhistorical.org/catalog/files/fullsize/mollyockett_images/mollyockett-02/great_dying.jpg
literaryfictions.files.wordpress.com/2017/11/pilgrims-landing-by-edward-percy-moran-1862-1935.jpg
upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c4/Thanksgiving_at_Plymouth%2C_1925%2C_Brownscombe.jpg
history.com/.image/ar_4:3%2Cc_fill%2Ccs_srgb%2Cfl_progressive%2Cq_auto:good%2Cw_1200/MTg1Mzk3MTA2NDQ0NDEyNDMx/wampanoag-treaty-gettyimages-51246277.jpg
upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/7a/Mayflower_in_Plymouth_Harbor%2C_by_William_Halsall.jpg
upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/98/Thanksgiving-Brownscombe.jpg
google.com/books/edition/_/-d610vUcjL0C?hl=en&gbpv=1

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Music - Michael Cotten
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