The first thanksgiving in America was when the Catholics discovered Florida & the Indians participated in the holy Mass. On September 8, 1565, Pedro Menéndez de Avilés and 800 Spanish settlers founded the city of St. Augustine in Spanish La Florida. As soon as they were ashore, the landing party celebrated a Mass of Thanksgiving.
But yeah, I was talking to my Nephew & Niece who attend public school & it’s interesting that we only learn about the British-Protestant’s involvement in the new world, hail thanksgiving as the birth of our nation & public schools gloss over the fact the America was already discovered & already had established Christian colonies on both sides of the countries coasts years before Plymouth!!! At this point I find the purpose of promoting thanksgiving to really be about upholding the Protestant mythos. Indians broke bread & participated in the Mass with Christian’s a Half-century Prots even arrived to the
New world.
This particular holiday feels inauthentic to me personally. I believe it diminishes the real Thanksgiving, by glossing over America’s original Christian history.
It’s mind blowing more Christian’s don’t know this.
The first thanksgiving in America was when the Catholics discovered Florida & the Indians participated in the holy Mass. On September 8, 1565, Pedro Menéndez de Avilés and 800 Spanish settlers founded the city of St. Augustine in Spanish La Florida. As soon as they were ashore, the landing party celebrated a Mass of Thanksgiving.
this was over a 50 years before Plymouth myth.
You wouldn't happen to be Catholic would you?
Just a Christian who loves history.
But yeah, I was talking to my Nephew & Niece who attend public school & it’s interesting that we only learn about the British-Protestant’s involvement in the new world, hail thanksgiving as the birth of our nation & public schools gloss over the fact the America was already discovered & already had established Christian colonies on both sides of the countries coasts years before Plymouth!!! At this point I find the purpose of promoting thanksgiving to really be about upholding the Protestant mythos. Indians broke bread & participated in the Mass with Christian’s a Half-century Prots even arrived to the New world.
This particular holiday feels inauthentic to me personally. I believe it diminishes the real Thanksgiving, by glossing over America’s original Christian history.
It’s mind blowing more Christian’s don’t know this.