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The story of the first Thanksgiving is commonly portrayed as a time when friendly Indians greeted the pilgrims with open arms and feasted alongside them in harmony, though this is far from the truth.Before the “pilgrims” (who at the time did not call themselves pilgrims) had landed in Plymouth, a village of Patuxet Indians had been killed by the spread of plague, which had been brought from Europe to America by colonists. Before the first Thanksgiving feast took place, Europeans had already capt …

November is that special time of year when Thanksgiving is approaching and we all do our best to get together with our family, sadly often for the only time all year, and sometimes even with the people we wish we’d see even more infrequently. Yet jokes aside, it is a wonderful time when the holidays are creeping nearer, the weather is crisp, and if we are lucky, we get to spend some time appreciating our loved ones and feeling some of the love ourselves. Let us remember, however, that the planet …