For this holiday, my usual tradition is to cook a lot of food and eat it with family and friends. I think this is how most of us who celebrate Thanksgiving do it. Turkey, stuffing, potatoes, pie, cranberries... Delicious. I thought that it might be cool to get a glimpse back in time to the historical reference point of our modern Thanksgiving.
I have heard the tales of the English settlers in the New World eating peacefully with the native people, learning about which foods they could eat and how to prepare them. They all sat at a big table and ate together or something like that. If I want to take a trip to confirm or contest any of my prior knowledge about Thanksgiving, it's gotta be to Plimoth Plantation, the Smithsonian Institute-affiliated historic site.
Photo from here.
A trip to Plimoth Plantation would be an amazing educational vacation to take with my children. Contained within the site are a 17th century English village, a Wampanoag homesite, and the Mayflower II, a recreation of the original Mayflower ship. Each area has role players or experts in the field to answer any questions about life in those colonial days. The native people who reside in the Wampanoag homesite are all from various modern day tribes, and they speak about the experience from a modern point of view. Role players in the English village (Pilgrims) all pretend to have no knowledge of life after 1627. It would be crazy to talk to them about their lives!I hope you have a great Thanksgiving Day with the ones you love!
Happy travels!
xoxo - Erika
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