A Politically Incorrect Thanksgiving
by A.W.R. Hawkins

11/26/2009

Like so many aspects of Western Civilization, Thanksgiving is being hijacked by liberal multiculturalists intent on turning it into a secular celebration divorced from the spiritual ties that bind the 17th century colonists to 21st century Americans.

But the real history of Thanksgiving is far less secular and much less politically correct than the Left would have us think. It is characterized by references to God, the freedoms he gives us through nature, and the western traditions Americans from all walks of life have defended and espoused.

When the Plymouth colony held a day of Thanksgiving in autumn 1621, they did so believing they had survived the winter of 1620-1621 by God’s providence alone. The cold winds of winter had carried sickness that took its toil on the Pilgrims and those who survived were grateful to God for the fact.


The second Thanksgiving feast, held in the summer of 1623, was a celebration of the benefits the Pilgrims were then enjoying as a result of privatizing their colony according to the laws of nature.

When Plymouth colony was first founded, under the Governorship of John Carver, all land was held in common (think “socialismâ€