The Story of the First Thanksgiving, as Told by the Residents of the Land of BrightandShinyThings

The year 1620 the Pilgrims came over



The good ship Mayflower brought them 'cross the sea.

They landed at Plymouth Rock,



Then built up their houses.

At harvest time they started our Thanksgiving Day.

Okay.  I admit it's not the whole story, and the illustrations are whimsical, but I learned the song in first grade and it's been stuck in my head ever since.

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Thanksgiving Thoughts, Part III

As we express our gratitude, we must never forget
that the highest appreciation is not to utter words,
but to live by them.

~John Fitzgerald Kennedy

Gratitude is a quality similar to electricity:
it must be produced and discharged and used up in order to exist at all.

~William Faulkner

Who does not thank for little will not thank for much.

~Estonian Proverb

If a fellow isn't thankful for what he's got,
he isn't likely to be thankful for what he's going to get.

~Frank A. Clark

Forever on Thanksgiving Day
The heart will find the pathway home.
~Wilbur D. Nesbit

We can only be said to be alive in those moments
when our hearts are conscious of our treasures.
~Thornton Wilder

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