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February 4, 2024 April 18, 2024by Donna R Causey

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Thanksgiving was a Yankee holiday and not celebrated in Alabama until 1858 – here is why [vintage pictures]

November 27, 2020 October 31, 2020by Donna R Causey

Yankee holiday Thanksgiving was not observed as a holiday in Alabama until 1858 when the governors of Alabama, Mississippi, Georgia, and North and South…

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Happy Thanksgiving!

November 23, 2020 October 31, 2020by Donna R Causey

Our traditional Thanksgiving Day was started in 1621 when Plymouth colonists and Wampanoag Indians shared an autumn harvest feast. However, Native American groups throughout…

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All Thanksgiving Days aren’t spent the same way

November 19, 2020 October 30, 2020by Sharon Dean Agte

I don't remember feasting at Thanksgiving by Sharon Dean Agte I don't remember feasting at Thanksgiving. It was a staid, quiet dinner. We would…