Axios
Thanksgiving in the United States is based on a mythical feast between the Wampanoag people and Mayflower Pilgrims. The holiday’s real story is mixed with national unity and racial exclusion.The big picture: The nation’s annual Thanksgiving holiday on Thursday brings millions of families together, but the nation is growing more diverse and requiring new voices to tell the country’s history.State of play: Debates over Thanksgiving’s origins have been reduced to political-cultural battles amid a divided nation…
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Axios Explains: Thanksgiving’s troubled history
Russell Contreras
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Thanksgiving in the United States is based on a mythical feast between the Wampanoag people and Mayflower Pilgrims. The holiday’s real story is mixed with national unity and racial exclusion.The big picture: The nation’s annual Thanksgiving holiday on Thursday brings millions of families together, but the nation is growing more diverse and requiring new voices
