The failure of the Pilgrims’ first Christmas
On December 25, 1621, exactly 400 years ago, William Bradford, the governor of the Plymouth Colony, prohibited the celebration of Christmas.
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Today is Thanksgiving
Today is a national and state holiday. Schools, banks, government offices and many private businesses are closed.
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"I think that giving thanks for the land that we call home is especially important this year."
Pilgrim’s to invest $1.6 million in Alabama to support local communities
The food company Pilgrim’s announced plans last week to invest $1.6 million in Alabama to help local communities respond to the coronavirus crisis as well as to invest in the future. The investment is part of a new, national $20 million initiative called Hometown Strong that adds to commitments Pilgrim’s has made this year to … Continued
Today is Thanksgiving
Today is a state and national holiday thanking God for the many blessings that He has bestowed on us and our country. The first Thanksgiving was celebrated by the surviving Pilgrims and their Wampanoag Indian friends celebrating the Pilgrims’ first harvest after a brutal winter. The successful first harvest with the aid of the compassionate … Continued
Alabama Historical Commission files admiralty claim on the Clotilda
Friday, July 26, the Alabama Historical Commission (AHC), and the State Historic Preservation Office, filed an Admiralty Claim in the United States District Court for the Southern District of Alabama in Mobile as part of an ongoing and long-term protection and preservation plan for the Clotilda, the last-known slave ship in the United States. The … Continued
Today is Thanksgiving
Most Americans set aside this day to gather with friends and family to enjoy the bounty that many of us in the country enjoy and most of us aspire to. It is a day for football, food, preparing for the Christmas season in earnest, and most of all for thanking God for giving us another … Continued
Tomorrow is Thanksgiving
Thursday marks the Thanksgiving holiday. Thanksgiving is a national holiday, first declared by President George Washington in 1789 after it was requested by the U.S. Congress. President Thomas Jefferson made the decision not to celebrate the holiday and the holiday went in and out of fashion depending on the whims of each President until Abraham … Continued
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On October 3rd, 1863, President Lincoln issued a Proclamation on Thanksgiving establishing the fourth Thursday of November as a national holiday, encouraging every American – at home and abroad – to give pause and give thanks. Thanksgiving had existed before in America. There was the First Thanksgiving celebrated by the Pilgrims and Native Americans in … Continued
Tomorrow is Thanksgiving
By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter Thursday marks the Thanksgiving holiday. In 1621, a group of religious dissenters left England aboard the Mayflower bound for the English colony in Virginia – founded in 1607. En route they diverted the ship towards the American wilderness and landed near modern-day Plymouth, Massachusetts to set up their own … Continued