The Blaine County Journal News-Opinion - We've Got The County Covered

This year, with each approaching Holiday I have taken the approach to better understand the history of the day. In doing so I have shared my findings with our readers so that we may have a better understanding to what the days original meaning was. On Thursday, November 26, we will celebrate Thanksgiving, just as we have since 1870, on the last Thursday of November.

Most of us know, or are at least aware of the first Thanksgiving. The first 'Thanksgiving' was celebrated over three days in the 'New World' back in October, 1621. As recounted later by one of the attendees, Edward Winslow, the...