Thanksgiving? Thank Texas -- We Invented the Holiday
If I had just remembered to check my email before Thanksgiving, I would have run across this gem.
Forget what you learned in elementary school about the first Thanksgiving being held at Plymouth Rock. That’s just typical Yankee propaganda. The first Turkey Day was held near El Paso, Texas in 1598 -- twenty-three years before the Pilgrims' festival.
Thanksgiving is a Lone Star state invention so when you sit down to say grace, be sure to thank the good Lord for allowing you to live in a country that has Texas in it.
By the way, for those of you who lack the benefit of a Texas Public School education, there are a few other myths about Thanksgiving that you might want to check out at the History News Network.
There you have it. How often do you get a history lesson before you even go to church on Sunday morning?
