Thanksgiving Is More Than Turkey, by Jeffrey Lord

It’s that time.

Which is to say it’s Turkey Time in America again.

Once again, families are getting together for that beloved American icon — turkey!

Aside from the turkey, I have another Thanksgiving tradition — this one literary.

Yes, every Thanksgiving holiday — which usually extends into a long weekend — I open the pages written by that Pilgrim-era governor of the then-newly declared New World countryside called Massachusetts- William Bradford. (RELATED: Giving Thanks for Pilgrim William Bradford)

Having been born and raised in Massachusetts until I was not quite 15, this is a habit I picked up early in life, as the story of the Pilgrims and their adventures on their decidedly lonely ship, the Mayflower, which took them from England to America, was always getting told and retold in our Bay State classes around Thanksgiving time. ….

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